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  • A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese: From Clausal Grammar to Discourse Semantics

    A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese by Li, Eden Sum-hung; Chor, Winnie;

    From Clausal Grammar to Discourse Semantics

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Taylor & Francis
    • Date of Publication 18 May 2026

    • ISBN 9780367415433
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages690 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Weight 1480 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 134 Illustrations, black & white
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    Short description:

    A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese adopts Systemic Functional Linguistics to describe the grammar of Cantonese, and to push the description beyond the clausal level to the discourse level.

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    Long description:

    A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese adopts Systemic Functional Linguistics to describe the grammar of Cantonese, and to push the description beyond the clausal level to the discourse level.

    The book provides a comprehensive description of the Cantonese language, starting from the social and historical background, and the sound and word structure of Cantonese, including word, group, and phrase, to the grammar of clause and sentence. It then advances into the discourse of Cantonese, examining the compound and complex sentences, as well as the flow of information in Cantonese discourse and the elements which regulate the flow.

    This volume will be informative for scholars and students studying the Cantonese language, and will provide a good starting point for those researching the language.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface

    1 The study of Cantonese: an overview

    2 Systemic Functional Linguistics: an introductory note

    3 Phonology and morphology in Cantonese

    4 Below the clause: word classes

    5 Below the clause: group and phrase

    6 Clause as representation: Construing experience I

    7 Clause as representation: construing experience II

    8 Clause as representation: construing circumstantial profiles

    9 Clause as exchange: enacting relationship

    10 Clause as exchange: expressing personal assessment

    11 Clause as message: enabling discourse

    12 Clause as message: regulating information flow

    13 Above the clause: clausal relationship

    14 Around the clause: textual connexity

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