Overview of Functional Syntactic Studies in China

摘要：

This paper is meant to make a general review of functional syntactic studies in China in the past 30 odd years, which is believed to be, to a certain degree, enlightening for future studies of functional syntax. First of all, we will propose that functional syntax in a broad sense studies the grammatical systems and structures of TRANSITIVITY, MOOD, THEME and INFORMATION of the clause and other linguistic units, such as the group, group complex and clause complex, and that it involves the study of cohesive devices as well. Secondly, we will make a general review of functional syntactic studies by Chinese functional scholars since the introduction of systemic functional linguistics into China. We will point out that, as to the aforementioned aspects of functional syntax, it is true that in the past 30 odd years, Chinese functional scholars have carried out insightful studies, which is believed to have contributed to the development of systemic functional linguistics. Meanwhile, it is doubtless too that there are certain issues in the syntactic area awaiting us to touch upon.

关键词： functional syntax studies in China overview

作者: ZHANG Jingyuan

作者单位: School of Foreign Studies, University of Science and Technology Beijing

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 36th International Systemic Functional Congress(第36届国际系统功能语言学大会暨第十一届全国功能语言学研讨会ISFC36)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 297-301

在线出版日期: 2009-07-14（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）