The Neo-Firthian Tradition and Its Contribution to General Linguistics
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The Neo-Firthian Tradition and Its Contribution to General Linguistics

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The Neo-Firthian Tradition and Its Contribution to General Linguistics

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Table of contents

  1. 1. INTRODUCTION
  2. 1.1. Subject and Aims
  3. 1.2. Method of Approach
  4. 1.3. The Historical Perspective
  5. 1.3.1. The European Background
  6. 1.3.2. Linguistics in America
  7. 2. THE BACKGROUND TO THE NEO-FIRTHIAN TRADITION
  8. 2.1. Sane Remarks on Terminology
  9. 2.2. The Context of Firth's Work
  10. 2.3. The Work of Malinowski
  11. 2.3.1. Malinowski’s Research Background
  12. 2.3.2. Language in Context
  13. 2.3.3. Phatic Communion
  14. 2.4. The Linguistic Theories of J.R. Firth
  15. 2.4.1. Firth’s Publications and his Influence
  16. 2.4.2. Firth’s Theories
  17. 2.5. Prosodic Analysis
  18. 3. THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEO-FIRTHIAN LINGUISTICS
  19. 3.1. The Background: Structuralism and General Linguistics
  20. 3.1.1. Meaning and Discovery Procedures
  21. 3.1.2. Linguistics and the Use of a Text Corpus
  22. 3.1.3. Intuition, Theory and the Ideal Speaker
  23. 3.2. Levels of Language
  24. 3.3. Substance
  25. 3.4. Linguistic Form
  26. 3.4.1. Formal Meaning
  27. 3.4.2. Grammar
  28. 3.4.3. Lexis
  29. 3.5. Context
  30. 3.5.1. Context in Linguistic Analysis
  31. 3.5.2. Formal Choice in Context
  32. 4. LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS AND LINGUISTIC SYSTEMS
  33. 4.1. Development
  34. 4.1.1. Linguistics and Pragmatics
  35. 4.1.2. Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
  36. 4.2. Application
  37. 4.2.1. Language Acquisition and Society
  38. 4.2.2. Language and Social Universals
  39. 4.3. Models of Language Functions
  40. 4.3.1. The Child’s Model
  41. 4.3.2. The Adult Model
  42. 4.4. The Macro-Functions
  43. 4.4.1. The Ideational Carponent
  44. 4.4.2. The Interpersonal Carponent
  45. 4.4.3. The Textual Component
  46. 4.5. The Macro-functions and their Realizations
  47. 5. THE IDEATIONAL COMPONENT
  48. 5.1. General Introduction
  49. 5.2. The Logical and Experiential Sub-components
  50. 5.2.1. Experience and Expression
  51. 5.2.2. The Problem of Word-Fomation
  52. 5.3. Transitivity
  53. 5.3.1. Clause Organisation and Ergativity
  54. 5.3.2. Types of Process
  55. 5.3.3. Participant Types
  56. 5.3.4. Circumstantials
  57. 5.4. Modulation
  58. 5.5. Conclusion
  59. 6. THE ORGANISATION OF DISCOURSE
  60. 6.1. The Textual Component
  61. 6.2. Texture within the Clause
  62. 6.2.1. Unmarked Theme
  63. 6.2.2. Alternative Thematic Options
  64. 6.2.3. Marked Theme Dislocation
  65. 6.2.4. Identification
  66. 6.2.5. Predication, Substitution and Reference
  67. 6.3. Information
  68. 6.3.1. Tonality (Information Distribution)
  69. 6.3.2. Tonicity (Focus)
  70. 6.4. Texture above the Clause
  71. 6.4.1. Text and Cohesion
  72. 6.4.2. Text and Replacement Semantics
  73. 6.5. Conclusion
  74. 7. THE INTERPERSONAL COMPONENT
  75. 7.1. Introduction
  76. 7.2. The Speech Situation and Language
  77. 7.2.1. Mood
  78. 7.2.2. Modality
  79. 7.2.3. Key
  80. 7.3. Sociological Semantics
  81. 7.3.1. The Structure of a Speech Situation
  82. 7.3.2. Systemic Choice in the Communication Situation
  83. 7.3.3. The Meanings of the Language Option in Context
  84. 7.4. Conclusions
  85. 8. CONCLUSIONS
  86. 8.1. The Neo-Firthian Tradition
  87. 8.1.1. The Legacy of J.R. Firth
  88. 8.1.2. The Structure of Neo-Firthian Linguistics
  89. 8.2. Language as Social Semiotic
  90. 8.2.1. The Contexts of Language
  91. 8.2.2. The Semantics of the Text
  92. 8.3. The Image of Neo-Firthian Linguistics
  93. 8.4. Contribution
  94. 9. GLOSSARY
  95. 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY