Pub Date : 2023-05-26DOI: 10.1075/langct.00043.yan
Yang Yanning
This study aims to illustrate a systemic functional framework for analysing the change of constructions which are inherently form-meaning correspondences. The study first discusses the value of systemic functional linguistics (hereafter SFL) to solving the perceived problems arising from the theoretical model of grammaticalisation. The dominance of grammaticalisation theory in historical linguistics has led some to equate grammaticalisation with language change. However, a systematic exploration of the semantic change is frequently lost in the literature on grammaticalisation. SFL, since its beginning in the early 1980s, has become a leading linguistics school in dealing with semantic and lexicogrammatical changes and the mapping between meaning and form. This study proposes a framework in which SFL theories allow us to address the critical issues in construction change, hence providing mechanisms for the diachronic analysis of both semantic and lexicogrammatical changes. On the basis of the framework, this study focuses its analysis on the change of resultative constructions (hereafter RCs) in Old Chinese and Old English. The diachronic analysis shows that new constructions emerge through a cycle of language change in which the interaction of semantics and lexicogrammar plays a central role. In addition, semantic condensing and compacting are critical steps in the creation of new constructions.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-26DOI: 10.1075/langct.00042.cap
Helen Caple, David G. Butt, F. Christie, Y. Doran
Michael Halliday’s and Ruqaiya Hasan’s estates have been found to include a large amount of unpublished materials: draft papers, research notes, photographs, comments on student papers and so on. They comprise important elements of their legacy and a potential research resource. In this paper we outline a project to preserve and digitise these materials and to make them readily available internationally. The project is being carried out under the auspices of, and with the support of, the Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Inc. (ASFLA).
Michael Halliday和Ruqaiya Hasan的遗产中发现了大量未发表的材料:论文草稿、研究笔记、照片、对学生论文的评论等等。它们是他们遗产的重要组成部分,也是潜在的研究资源。在本文中,我们概述了一个项目,以保存和数字化这些材料,并使它们易于在国际上获得。该项目是在澳大利亚系统功能语言学协会(ASFLA)的支持下进行的。
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Pub Date : 2023-05-26DOI: 10.1075/langct.00045.ote
Teresa Oteíza
This paper focuses on some language resources for graduating points of view in written Spanish language in the field of history. The analysis is framed in systemic functional linguistic theory, a multifunctional theory of language (Halliday with Matthiessen 2014), and focuses on the appraisal system, which organises interpersonal meanings at the stratum of discourse semantics in language (Martin and White 2005; Martin 2019; White 2021). In particular, it considers the coupling and necessary complementarity of graduation and engagement subsystems, as part of the appraisal system, for building intersubjectivity in texts. To achieve this purpose, the analysis explores the role of the Spanish lexicogrammatical system of modality (modalisation and modulation) in the construction of dialogicity in historical documents.
本文着重介绍了历史领域书面西班牙语毕业观点的一些语言资源。该分析是在系统功能语言学理论框架下进行的,这是一种语言的多功能理论(Halliday with Matthiessen 2014),并侧重于评价系统,该系统在语言的话语语义层组织人际意义(Martin and White 2005;马丁2019;白2021)。特别是,它考虑了毕业和参与子系统的耦合和必要的互补性,作为评价系统的一部分,以建立文本的主体间性。为达到这一目的,本文探讨了西班牙语情态词汇语法系统(情态化和调节性)在历史文献对话建构中的作用。
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Pub Date : 2023-05-26DOI: 10.1075/langct.22011.bea
D. Beauchamp, Sheena Gardner
This corpus assisted investigation of the auxiliary verb will examines the various modalities and functions realised in the register of political briefings given by Scottish (Holyrood) and United Kingdom (Westminster) representatives throughout the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. A trinocular approach is taken to consider the lexicogrammatical environment of will (from around), the discourse semantics of will (from above) and the relationship between contraction and meaning (from below). Our trinocular approach with a focus on will as a highly frequent item with great meaning potential has enabled us to gain insights about the nature of how politicians used modality to persuade, organise and empathise within coronavirus media briefings and thus shape their public personas as leaders.
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