Explorations in Functional Syntax - A New Framework for Lexicogrammatical Analysis - G. David Morley
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Explorations in Functional Syntax - A New Framework for Lexicogrammatical Analysis - G. David Morley
G. David Morley [+]
University of Strathclyde
G. David Morley is Lecturer in Modern Languages at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He is also the author of An Introduction to Systemic Grammar (Macmillan, 1985) and Syntax in Functional Grammar: an Introduction to Lexicogrammar in Systemic Linguistics (Continuum, 2000).
Description
This chapter focuses on the concept of a group as being the structural expansion around a headword word. A word group is thus not itself seen as a higher ranking unit than a word but rather a form of word complex, a structural expansion around a word which forms a configurational grouping at word rank.