Ways of Saying: Ways of Meaning: Selected Papers of Ruqaiya Hasan

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This work comprises a collection of the writings of Ruqaiya Hasan, an influential figure in the systemic functional linguistic learning school. It discusses the relation between text and context and the realization of context in language; the 'network', which is outlined as analytic tool which can be applied at two strata of language, the lexico-grammatical and the semantic; as well as aspects of the social structure that are implicated in the way cultures and subcultures express themselves. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements and list of sources Introduction 1 Overview 2 The selection Notes References Part One: Text and Context 1. What kind of resource is language? References 2. What's going on: a dynamic view of context in language References 3. The nursery tale as a genre Note References Part Two: Tools 4. The grammarian's dream: lexis as most delicate grammar 1. The lexicogrammatical stratum 2. The lexicogrammar of acquisition: gather, collect, accumulate 3. The lexicogrammar of deprivation 1: scatter, divide, distribute 4. The lexicogrammar of deprivation 2: strew, spill, share 5. The continuity of grammar and lexis Note References 5. Semantic networks: a tool for the analysis of meaning 1 Introduction 2 Language description and system networks 2.1 Systemic representation: formalism 2.2 Concepts relevant to validating a system network 3 Semantic system networks 3.1 Semantic networks and context 3.2 Semantic networks: point of origin 3.3 Semantic network and the metafunctional hypothesis 3.4 Semantic networks: the relations of semantics and grammar 4 Conclusion: the uses of a semantic network Notes References Part Three: Language and Society 6. The ontogenesis of ideology: an interpretation of mother child talk Note References 7. Speech genre, semiotic mediation and the development of higher mental functions Abstract Introduction Semiotic mediation and higher mental functions The problems of semiotic mediation Speech genre and semiotic mediation Mind, society and language: foundational issues References 8. Ways of saying: ways of meaning 1 Culture and semiotic styles 1.1 Introductory remarks 1.2 Semiotic and semantic styles 1 .3 Culture consonance and culture conflict 1.4 Semantic distance 2 Implicit and explicit styles 2.1 Implicit and explicit ways of saying 2.2 Implicit devices 2.3 The interpretation of implicit devices: endophora 3 Endophoric and exophoric interpretation 3.1 Endophoric interpretation and implicit style 3.2 Exophoric interpretation and implicit style 3.3 Instantial exophorics 3.4 Intermediate exophoric 5.5 Restricted exophoric 4 Degrees of implicitness and explictness 4.1 Encoding devices and degrees of implicitness 4.2 Inherent grading of implicit devices 4.3 Inherent grading of explicit devices 4.4 On establishing degrees of implicitness 5 English semantic style 5.1 The semantic style of English 5.2 Degrees of permissible implicitness in English 5.3 Environments for the operation of implicit styles 5.4 Concluding remarks on English semantic styles 6 Urdu semantic style 6.1 Implicitness in Urdu 6.2 S-ellipsis in Urdu 6.3 Formal exophoric S-ellipsis in Urdu 6.4 Restricted exophoric ellipsis in Urdu 6.5 Complement ellipsis in Urdu 6.6 The semantic style of Urdu 7 Language and social systems 7.1 Social factors in the interpretation of implicit styles 7.2 Role systems and their non-verbal manifestations 7.3 Social structure and language system. 7.4 Implicit style in English-speaking community 7.5 Conclusions Notes References Index