A systemic functional approach to referring expressions: reconsidering postmodification in the nominal group

Fontaine, Lise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9366-8725 2008. A systemic functional approach to referring expressions: reconsidering postmodification in the nominal group. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

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Abstract

This thesis explores the relevant systems which model the choices speakers make when referring to objects. Referring expressions have received relatively little attention in Systemic Functional Linguistics, although from a purely structural perspective some work has attempted to account for postmodification in the nominal group. The main goal of this thesis is to produce a theoretical and analytical approach to referring expressions including complex referring expressions in particular. This requires a shift in perspective from structural (‘nominal group’) to functional (‘referring expression’).

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Related URLs:	http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/fontaine/disse...
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 10:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/45765

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