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Title |
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18 'Doing syntax': aims and methodologies - Meaningful Arrangement |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Edward McDonald; University of Auckland.; |
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Linguistics |
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Linguistics; grammar; syntax; discourse analysis; patterning of words in sentences; syntactic analysis; Mandarin Chinese; Scottish Gaelic |
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Subject classification |
Grammar and syntax; Discourse analysis |
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Description |
Abstract |
In this final chapter the author takes Firth’s advice on the necessity of what he called ‘renewal of connection’ (Firth 1957 / 1968: 175–6) between theory and data, to complete the circle that has taken us from data through description to theorising, by presenting a specific case study of one attempt to apply a particular theory – systemic functional linguistics – to the description of a particular language – Mandarin Chinese. As the author noted in the Briefing, syntactic analysis is not just about theories, it is about languages, and an exploration of the difficulties and contingencies of a concrete attempt to account for syntactic patterning in one language, an attempt that also involves mediating between two very different linguistic traditions, should drive home the essential relationship between theories and languages. |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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01-Dec-2008 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/29577 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.29577 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Meaningful Arrangement |
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English=en |
en |
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Rights |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |