An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English - A Systemic Functional Approach - Michael Cummings

An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English - A Systemic Functional Approach - Michael Cummings

The Old English clause from the interpersonal perspective

An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English - A Systemic Functional Approach - Michael Cummings

Michael Cummings [+-]
York University
Michael Cummings teaches as Professor emeritus at York University, Toronto. He is co-author or co-editor of The Language of Literature (1983), Linguistics in a Systemic Perspective (1988), and Relations and Functions within and around Language (2002). He has also published a number of articles and book chapters on the systemic functional description of Old English.

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The clause is seen to have three overriding functions: one related to the representation of reality, one related to the combination of utterances into text and one related to the interaction between parties to the communication. This chapter goes on to look at the clause from the interpersonal perspective.

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Cummings, Michael. The Old English clause from the interpersonal perspective. An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English - A Systemic Functional Approach. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 34 - 60 May 2010. ISBN 9781845533649. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=20168. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.20168. May 2010

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