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An Analysis of Nominalization in English From the Perspective of Functional Grammar

Author: ChouWei
Tutor: XuRuMin
School: Qufu Normal University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Nominalization Functional Grammar Grammatical Metaphor Lexical Metaphors Written English Affiliation Metaphorical Semantic features Dual semantics Written
CLC: H314
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2001
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Domestic been published since the American scholar Lakoff Johnson published a book \Metaphors become one of the focus of attention. Halliday represented functional language school from the point of view of the function of language, that the metaphor also involves grammatical metaphor, has opened a new perspective of metaphor research. When we use the term to express action or verb to express certain concepts, called functional grammar grammatical metaphor, which with our original expectations inconsistent. The Functional Grammar said the metaphorical including vocabulary metaphors and syntax Metaphor, grammatical metaphor can be distinguished according to Metafunction experience, interpersonal discourse of these three types of grammatical metaphor. The our scholar Hu Zhuanglin, (1996; 2000), Zhu Yongsheng (1994; 2000) and Yangxin Zhang (1998), have the author addressed syntax metaphor. According to Halliday (1994), nominalization is the primary means of grammatical metaphor. Unfortunately, so far no one has details of this structure. Therefore, this article attempts to nominalization study and put forward their views on related topics. So as to promote the research of this topic. This paper is divided into five chapters, another Finally, there is a summary. The first chapter is the introduction of nominalization and grammatical metaphor and other related concepts. This chapter distinguishes vocabulary metaphor and grammatical metaphor, consistent and metaphors to introduce many of the basic concepts, vocabulary metaphor, conceptual metaphor unanimously, metaphor, nominalization. And to explore the relationship between nominalization and ideological system. The second chapter focuses on the the nominalization semantic characteristics, and this feature may be caused by defects. Nominalization semantic features mainly include four parts: door) nominalization has a dual semantic characteristics; Q) lack meaning structure is a manifestation of one of the forms of nominalization; mortar) the nominalization Technology English mainly relativization; U) the nominalization potential defects. The third chapter deals with the form of nominalization characteristics. The nominalization major add suffix and conversion method are two ways to achieve, and add suffix method. Chapter discussed in detail of nominalization and written English relations, nominalization is one of the typical characteristics of the written language. This chapter includes two parts: lexical density and language 5 demultiplexed the duo relationship: the written language is characterized by a large density of irfJ sinks, nominalization is the primary means to achieve this feature. The door) embedded affiliation: nominalization is embedded one, it does not belong to the affiliation. The first worker Zhang Ting described the nominalization application into. This structure can be achieved Bu-bit connection \Conclusion pointed out on the basis of a brief review of the full text of this article of the foot as well as the direction of future efforts.

An Analysis of Nominalization in English From the Perspective of Functional Grammar

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