Explorations in Functional Syntax - A New Framework for Lexicogrammatical Analysis - G. David Morley
5 Phrase Unit
Explorations in Functional Syntax - A New Framework for Lexicogrammatical Analysis - G. David Morley
G. David Morley [+]
University of Strathclyde
G. David Morley is Lecturer in Modern Languages at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He is also the author of An Introduction to Systemic Grammar (Macmillan, 1985) and Syntax in Functional Grammar: an Introduction to Lexicogrammar in Systemic Linguistics (Continuum, 2000).
Description
This chapter discusses the phrase, seen as a unit which plays a constituency role in the structure of a clause. The term ‘phrase’ is used to denote the intermediary unit between clause and word.