The Experiential Perspective on the Clause
Historical Linguistics and the History of English - A Systemic Function Approach - Michael Cummings
Michael Cummings [+]
York University, Toronto.
Michael Cummings is Professor emeritus and Senior Scholar in the English Department of York University, Toronto. His research interests include Systemic Functional linguistic approaches to discourse and lexico-grammar in Old English and modern English.
Description
The short historical texts are used to illustrate systems and structures of clauses from the experiential perspective. Changes in basic transitivity systems and structures over the course of time are few despite enormous changes in lexical realizations.