A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese Nominal Groups: A Text-Based Approach (The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Symbols, Abbreviations and Systemic Conventions
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introducing Nominal Groups
	1.1 Defining ‘Nominal Group’
		1.1.1 On ‘Nominal’
		1.1.2 On ‘Group’
		1.1.3 General Features of the Nominal Group
	1.2 Reviewing the Study of Nominal Groups in Chinese
	1.3 Nominal Group and Text
	References
2 Methodology
	2.1 Theory and Language Description
	2.2 Introducing the SFL Framework
		2.2.1 The Rationale
		2.2.2 Overview: The SFL Theory
	2.3 The SFL Description of Chinese: A Brief Review
	2.4 Methodological Issues
		2.4.1 Texts Used in This Book
		2.4.2 Reference Corpus
		2.4.3 Working Corpus
		2.4.4 How to Use This Book
	References
3 Logical Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Nominal Group Complexing
		3.2.1 Nominal Group Complex: Taxis and Logico-Semantic Type
		3.2.2 Nominal Group Simplex
	3.3 The Logical System: Modification
	3.4 Case Study
	3.5 Summary
	References
4 Experiential Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Experiential Structure of the Chinese Nominal Group
		4.2.1 Experiential Structure: Some General Tendencies
		4.2.2 Elements of the Experiential Structure: A Metafunctional Overview
	4.3 Thing
		4.3.1 System of THING TYPE
		4.3.2 The Congruent Thing
		4.3.3 The Metaphorical Thing
	4.4 Classifier
		4.4.1 Classifiability and Thing Type
		4.4.2 System of CLASSIFICATION
		4.4.3 Case Study: Analysing Classifiers
	4.5 Epithet
		4.5.1 Epithet Versus Classifier
		4.5.2 System of EPITHESIS
	4.6 Qualifier
		4.6.1 The Realisation of Qualifier
		4.6.2 System of QUALIFICATION
	4.7 Measure
		4.7.1 Measurability and Thing Type
		4.7.2 System of MEASURE
	4.8 Case Study
	4.9 Summary
	References
5 Interpersonal Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 An Interpersonal Nominal Group System
	5.3 Nominal Mood
		5.3.1 Determinative
		5.3.2 Interrogative
	5.4 Person
		5.4.1 Interactant
		5.4.2 Non-Interactant
	5.5 Attitude
		5.5.1 Attitudinal Epithet
		5.5.2 Attitudinal Thing
		5.5.3 Other Attitudinal Elements
		5.5.4 Interpersonal Metaphor in Nominal Groups
	5.6 Modality in Nominal Groups
	5.7 Case Study
		5.7.1 Context and Data
		5.7.2 Analysis
	5.8 Summary
	References
6 Textual Resources of Chinese Nominal Groups
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Systems in the Textual Domain
		6.2.1 System of NAMING
		6.2.2 System of IDENTIFICATION
		6.2.3 System of NUMERATION
	6.3 Nominal Groups and Cohesion
		6.3.1 Ellipsis in Nominal Groups
		6.3.2 Lexical Cohesion and Nominal Groups
	6.4 Case Study
		6.4.1 Sample Texts and Translation Tool
		6.4.2 Results and Analysis
	6.5 Summary
	References
7 Summary and Directions
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Summary
	7.3 Using Functional Grammar of Nominal Groups in Research Projects
	7.4 Future Directions
	References