A systemic functional study of modality in modern Chinese / Shu Yang.
Yang, Shu, author.
2021
PL1235 .Y36 2021
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Title A systemic functional study of modality in modern Chinese / Shu Yang.
Author Yang, Shu, author.
ISBN 9789811680205 (electronic bk.)
9811680205 (electronic bk.)
9789811680199
9811680191
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8020-5
Published Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-16-8020-5 doi
Call Number PL1235 .Y36 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 495.15/6
Summary This book presents a systematic and relatively comprehensive account of the system of MODALITY in Modern Chinese and the functions that realizations of modality serve in the clause and clause complex. Grounded in SFL, the research begins by introducing the system of types of modality in Modern Chinese, investigating the subtypes of modality and their realizations. The study then explores the systems of Orientations that characterize the realization of modalization and modulation in Chinese. After establishing the complete system of modality in Modern Chinese, the research finally examines the functions that realizations of modality serve in the textual structure of the clause and in the clause complex. The study finds that the system of MODALITY is an important interpersonal clause system at the lexicogrammatical stratum of Chinese. There are two distinct types of modality in Chinese: modalization and modulation. Modalization concerns the assessment of probability of the proposition; modulation is concerned with the assessment of the proposal in terms of obligation, inclination, and ability. The systems of ORIENTATIONS make a basic distinction between subjective and objective modality, and between the explicit and implicit realizations. The research also reveals that in the thematic structure of the clause, realizations of modality can serve as the interpersonal Theme in the clause, in the information structure of the clause, realizations of modality can function as the unmarked information focus of the clause or introduce the marked information focus, and in the clause complex, realizations of modality can encode modal meanings and simultaneously construct clauses into a clause complex.
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Series M. A. K. Halliday Library functional linguistics series.
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1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Systemic Functional Theory Revisited
4. A Short Overview of Chinese Lexicogrammar
5. The System of Types of Modality
6. The System of Realization of Types of Modality
7. Realizations of Modality in the Textual Structure of Clause
8. Realizations of Modality in the Clause Complex
9. Conclusion.

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