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Non-Finiteness: A Process-Relation Perspective [Kõva köide]

(Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 228 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 236x158x18 mm, kaal: 520 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1316513416
  • ISBN-13: 9781316513415
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 228 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 236x158x18 mm, kaal: 520 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1316513416
  • ISBN-13: 9781316513415
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"'Non-finiteness' is a phenomenon that occurs in most natural languages, whereby a verb is not inflected by grammatical tense, and does not possess the grammatical features of aspect, mood or voice. Various theories have been developed to explain their distribution and their role in clause structure, but many instances of non-finiteness remain unaccounted for. Taking a functional approach, this study proposes a 'process relation framework' to explain the more complex, previously unaccounted for, instances of non-finiteness in clause structure. It applies the framework comparatively to non-finiteness in English and Chinese, showing how it can be applied across typologically distinct languages. Drawing on corpus-based instances and observations, it introduces numerous thought-provoking cases, in which constructional (or combining) types and the predictability of non-finiteness co-occur. In terms of application, non-finiteness is decisive in categorising language types, and it is critical in processing natural languages, text segmentation and annotation in particular"--

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Presents a 'process relation framework' to explain the more complex, previously unaccounted for cases of non-finiteness in clause structure.
List of Figures
viii
List of Tables
x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xvi
Symbols and Abbreviations xviii
Leipzig Glossing Abbreviations xx
1 Introduction
1(8)
1.1 Why This Study?
1(2)
1.2 The Finite/Non-finite Distinction
3(3)
1.3 Purpose of the Study
6(1)
1.4 Research Questions
7(1)
1.5 Methodology
7(1)
1.6 Organization of the Book
7(2)
2 Non-finiteness in the Literature
9(59)
2.1 Non-finiteness in the Early History of English Grammar Writing
9(5)
2.2 Non-finiteness in Traditional Grammar: Morphology-Based
14(7)
2.2.1 The Property of the Verb
15(1)
2.2.2 The Categorization of Non-finite Clauses in English
16(2)
2.2.3 Sentence-Building Power and the Status of Tense
18(2)
2.2.4 Scale of Finiteness
20(1)
2.3 Non-finiteness from the Typological Perspective
21(8)
2.3.1 Category Space and the Continuum Hypothesis
21(4)
2.3.2 Obligatorily and Asymmetry
25(2)
2.3.3 Root Infinitives in Children's Early Language
27(2)
2.4 Non-finiteness in Generative Grammar: Form-Based
29(9)
2.4.1 PRO as Subject of Non-finite Clauses
30(3)
2.4.2 Tense and the Finite/Non-finite Distinction
33(3)
2.4.3 Non-isomorphic Relation between Content and Form
36(1)
2.4.4 Gradient or Binary
37(1)
2.5 Non-finiteness in Cognitive Grammar: Meaning-Based
38(8)
2.5.1 Non-finiteness as Atemporal Construal
38(2)
2.5.2 The View of Scalarity
40(3)
2.5.3 Verbal and Finite versus Nominal and Non-finite
43(1)
2.5.4 Conceptual Motivation
44(1)
2.5.5 Non-finite Clauses as Constructions
45(1)
2.6 Non-finiteness in Systemic Functional Grammar: Meaning- and Form-Based
46(9)
2.6.1 General Discussions on Non-finite Clauses
46(3)
2.6.2 Criteria of Non-finite Clause Identification
49(2)
2.6.3 Function-Specified Systems of Non-finite Clauses
51(4)
2.7 Viewpoints from Other Theories and the Semantic Types
55(7)
2.7.1 Semiotic Grammar
55(1)
2.7.2 Role and Reference Grammar
56(1)
2.7.3 Functional Discourse Grammar
57(3)
2.7.4 Other Approaches and the Semantic Types
60(2)
2.8 Some Special Types to Be Noted
62(2)
2.9 A Summary of the Relevant Research
64(4)
3 Theoretical Foundations
68(34)
3.1 Prerequisite: Distinguishing Spoken and Written Language
68(5)
3.1.1 Differences between Spoken and Written Language
69(2)
3.1.2 Grammars for Speech and Writing
71(2)
3.2 Cryptotype and Cline
73(2)
3.3 Metafunctions as Universal Categories
75(4)
3.4 Process as the Basic Semantic Unit
79(5)
3.4.1 Types of Situation and Types of Process
79(4)
3.4.2 Major, Median and Minor Processes
83(1)
3.5 Clause as the Basic Syntactic Unit: Major, Median and Minor
84(3)
3.6 Ideational Grammatical Metaphor
87(8)
3.6.1 A Sketch of Ideational Grammatical Metaphor
87(2)
3.6.2 Nominalization
89(2)
3.6.3 Adjectivization
91(1)
3.6.4 Verbalization
92(2)
3.6.5 Adverbialization
94(1)
3.7 Embedding, Two Principles and Rankshifting
95(4)
3.8 Defining Non-finiteness in Terms of Function
99(3)
4 Basic Process Relations as One Solution to the Controversy
102(20)
4.1 The Basic Construction and Its Functional Components
102(2)
4.2 The Para-relation of Processes
104(2)
4.3 The Hypo-relation of Processes
106(2)
4.4 The Participant Conflated
108(3)
4.5 Process as Primary Participant
111(3)
4.6 Process as Secondary Participant
114(3)
4.7 Process as Circumstance
117(2)
4.8 The Triple Participant
119(3)
5 Non-finiteness as the Bridge for Process Compression
122(21)
5.1 Clause Combining
123(11)
5.1.1 Conjunctions in English and Chinese
123(2)
5.1.2 Reconsidering Coordination, Subordination and Embedding
125(5)
5.1.3 Non-finite Clauses as a Basic Category of Clause Combining
130(4)
5.2 Basic Clause Relations and Non-finiteness
134(6)
5.2.1 Paratactic Relations
135(1)
5.2.2 Circumstantial Relations
136(2)
5.2.3 Participantial Relations
138(2)
5.3 The Metaphoric Syndrome and Non-finite Clauses as the Bridge
140(3)
6 Revisiting the Controversial English Constructions with Non-finiteness
143(20)
6.1 Controversial Constructions with Non-finiteness in English: A Sketch
144(1)
6.2 Causatives and Non-causatives
144(2)
6.3 COCA Distribution of Typical Verbs in (Non-)Causatives
146(3)
6.4 Process Relations in Typical English Constructions with Non-finiteness
149(2)
6.5 The Serial Verb Construction
151(3)
6.6 The Existential Construction
154(4)
6.7 The Absolute Construction
158(1)
6.8 The Process Relation in Ambiguous Non-finite Constructions
159(4)
7 Revisiting the Controversial Chinese Constructions with Non-finiteness
163(32)
7.1 The Serial Verb Construction
164(5)
7.2 The Pivotal Construction
169(10)
7.3 Pivotal Construction or Grammatical Metaphor?
179(4)
7.4 The Existential Construction
183(7)
7.5 Other Controversial Non-finite Constructions Revisited
190(5)
8 Conclusion
195(4)
8.1 Overview of the Major Findings
195(2)
8.2 Limitations and Further Study
197(2)
References 199(28)
Index 227
Bingjun Yang is Professor in Systemic Functional Linguistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His publications include Corpus-based Investigations into Grammar, Media and Health Discourse (Springer Nature, 2020), Language Policy (Routledge, 2017) and Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective (Springer, 2015).