A Systemic Functional Study of the English Nominal Group with a number of  

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Li, Manliang

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of English Linguistics vol. 4 no. 5 (Oct. 2014), page 117-125.
Topik: English nominal group; a number of; systemic functional linguistics
Fulltext: 117-125.pdf (695.42KB)

Isi artikel

The literature to date indicates that a number of is a frequently-used expression in the English nominal group. There are various debates over its syntactic function in the nominal group and its internal structure. Namely, the traditional approach, the transformational approach, and systemic functional approach have different description and analysis of this expression. This paper aims to give a delicate analysis of its internal functional structure, from a systemic functional perspective. More specifically, the theoretical basis is the Cardiff Grammar, one register of systemic functional linguistics. The results show that a number of as a whole is a numerical expression in the English nominal group. Its internal structure can be investigated in a novel way.

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