Pattern, construction, system : a unified approach to grammar and lexis /

Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar take different approaches to the study of lexico-grammar, based on language as a cognitive and as a social phenomenon respectively. This is the first book to bring the two approaches together, using corpus-based Pattern Grammar as an underlying de...

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1. Verfasser:
Hunston, Susan (VerfasserIn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar take different approaches to the study of lexico-grammar, based on language as a cognitive and as a social phenomenon respectively. This is the first book to bring the two approaches together, using corpus-based Pattern Grammar as an underlying descriptive framework, in order to present a comprehensive and original treatment of verb-based patterns in English. It describes in detail two processes: deriving over 800 verb argument constructions from 50 verb complementation patterns; and using those constructions to populate systemic networks based on 9 semantic fields. The result is an approach to the lexis and grammar of English that unifies disparate theories, finding synergies between them and offering a challenge to each. Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar and Systemic-Functional Grammar are introduced in an accessible way, making each approach accessible to readers from other backgrounds. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Aug 2025).
ISBN:
1-009-62901-8
1-009-62904-2
1-009-62906-9
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open Access.
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