Abstract
This chapter is a 'case study' in systemic functional typology: the principles of
systemic functional typology are applied to propose generalisations about grammatical
systems by means of which interactants exchange meanings in dialogue in different languages. Such systems for dialogic negotiation are known as mood systems. The generalisations proposed here are based on comprehensive, text-based and meaning-oriented systemic functional descriptions of a range of languages, six of which are sketched here (Oko, Spanish, French, Danish, Thai and Japanese), on descriptions couched in terms of other frameworks and typological accounts from the general typology literature. After a brief characterisation of systemic functional typology (Section 2), we will present certain generalisations about MOOD systems in different
languages (Section 3) and then move on to illustrations from the six languages
included in this chapter (Section 4).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Continuing discourse on language |
Subtitle of host publication | a functional perspective |
Editors | Ruqaiya Hasan, Christian Matthiessen, Jonathan Webster |
Place of Publication | London, UK |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing |
Pages | 859-920 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Print) | 1845531132 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |