Interpersonal grammar :  systemic functional linguistic theory and description / 
edited by J.R. Martin, Beatriz Quiroz, Giacamo Figueredo. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) :  digital, PDF file(s). 
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<br/><br/> This pioneering volume lays out a set of methodological principles to guide the description of interpersonal grammar in different languages. It compares interpersonal systems and structures across a range of world languages, showing how discourse, interpersonal relationships between the speakers, and the purpose of their communication, all play a role in shaping the grammatical structures used in interaction. Following an introduction setting out these principles, each chapter focuses on a particular language - Khorchin Mongolian, Mandarin, Tagalog, Pitjantjatjara, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, British Sign Language and Scottish Gaelic - and explores mood, polarity, tagging, vocation, assessment and comment systems. The book provides a model for functional grammatical description that can be used to inform work on system and structure across languages as a foundation for functional language typology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108663120 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Functionalism (Linguistics)<br/>Interpersonal communication.<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general.<br/>Systemic grammar.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P147  / .I58 2021