This book describes the grammar of Chinese nominal groups for the purpose of text analysis, drawing upon Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics (SFL) model. Exploring the metafunctional grammatical resources in nominal groups, the book provides a new perspective on conducting text analysis by focusing on the metafunctions performed by various elements in the nominal group.
The observations on nominal groups presented here are based on both a working corpus of 180 texts of various types and a large referential corpus of over 16 billion tokens. With clear descriptions of the terminology used, the book presents a case study at the end of each major chapter, which demonstrates how the grammatical resources discussed can be applied to the delicate analysis of authentic texts. This monograph is more than a grammar book, for it offers a new way to engage with a text microscopically and enables readers to approach and analyse a text by focusing on grammatical units below the clause level. The book provides an accessible and valuable resource for readers who are interested in SFL-based typological description, text analysis, translation studies between English and Chinese, English–Chinese comparative linguistic studies, and Chinese language teaching and learning.

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Fang, Jing

The M. A. K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Ser, Singapore, 2022

M. A. K. Halliday Library functional linguistics series, Singapore, 2022

Springer Nature, Singapore, 2022

Singapore, Singapore

S.l, 2022

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Acknowledgements 6
Contents 7
Symbols, Abbreviations and Systemic Conventions 10
List of Figures 12
List of Tables 14
1 Introducing Nominal Groups 16
1.1 Defining ‘Nominal Group’ 16
1.1.1 On ‘Nominal’ 17
1.1.2 On ‘Group’ 18
1.1.3 General Features of the Nominal Group 19
1.2 Reviewing the Study of Nominal Groups in Chinese 21
1.3 Nominal Group and Text 24
References 30
2 Methodology 32
2.1 Theory and Language Description 32
2.2 Introducing the SFL Framework 33
2.2.1 The Rationale 33
2.2.2 Overview: The SFL Theory 34
2.3 The SFL Description of Chinese: A Brief Review 40
2.4 Methodological Issues 41
2.4.1 Texts Used in This Book 41
2.4.2 Reference Corpus 46
2.4.3 Working Corpus 48
2.4.4 How to Use This Book 51
References 55
3 Logical Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups 58
3.1 Introduction 58
3.2 Nominal Group Complexing 58
3.2.1 Nominal Group Complex: Taxis and Logico-Semantic Type 60
3.2.2 Nominal Group Simplex 67
3.3 The Logical System: Modification 80
3.4 Case Study 80
3.5 Summary 85
References 85
4 Experiential Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups 86
4.1 Introduction 86
4.2 Experiential Structure of the Chinese Nominal Group 86
4.2.1 Experiential Structure: Some General Tendencies 87
4.2.2 Elements of the Experiential Structure: A Metafunctional Overview 88
4.3 Thing 90
4.3.1 System of THING TYPE 91
4.3.2 The Congruent Thing 95
4.3.3 The Metaphorical Thing 111
4.4 Classifier 130
4.4.1 Classifiability and Thing Type 130
4.4.2 System of CLASSIFICATION 131
4.4.3 Case Study: Analysing Classifiers 136
4.5 Epithet 139
4.5.1 Epithet Versus Classifier 139
4.5.2 System of EPITHESIS 141
4.6 Qualifier 145
4.6.1 The Realisation of Qualifier 148
4.6.2 System of QUALIFICATION 149
4.7 Measure 155
4.7.1 Measurability and Thing Type 157
4.7.2 System of MEASURE 158
4.8 Case Study 160
4.9 Summary 165
References 166
5 Interpersonal Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups 167
5.1 Introduction 167
5.2 An Interpersonal Nominal Group System 167
5.3 Nominal Mood 168
5.3.1 Determinative 169
5.3.2 Interrogative 170
5.4 Person 172
5.4.1 Interactant 173
5.4.2 Non-Interactant 179
5.5 Attitude 180
5.5.1 Attitudinal Epithet 180
5.5.2 Attitudinal Thing 182
5.5.3 Other Attitudinal Elements 185
5.5.4 Interpersonal Metaphor in Nominal Groups 187
5.6 Modality in Nominal Groups 193
5.7 Case Study 195
5.7.1 Context and Data 195
5.7.2 Analysis 195
5.8 Summary 202
References 203
6 Textual Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups 204
6.1 Introduction 204
6.2 Systems in the Textual Domain 205
6.2.1 System of NAMING 205
6.2.2 System of IDENTIFICATION 210
6.2.3 System of NUMERATION 219
6.3 Nominal Groups and Cohesion 225
6.3.1 Ellipsis in Nominal Groups 225
6.3.2 Lexical Cohesion and Nominal Groups 232
6.4 Case Study 239
6.4.1 Sample Texts and Translation Tool 240
6.4.2 Results and Analysis 240
6.5 Summary 250
References 250
7 Summary and Directions 252
7.1 Introduction 252
7.2 Summary 252
7.3 Using Functional Grammar of Nominal Groups in Research Projects 255
7.4 Future Directions 257
References 258

The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2022

2024-01-21