Robin Fawcett

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Robin Fawcett
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Known forCardiff grammar in systemic functional linguistics
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics

Robin P. Fawcett (born 1937) is a British linguist known as the main exponent of the Cardiff grammar in systemic functional linguistics.[1][2] He is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University.[3][4]

Selected bibliography[edit]

Books

  • Cognitive Linguistics and Social Interaction (1980)
  • Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics through the Cardiff Grammar (1997)
  • A theory of syntax for systemic functional linguistics (2000)

Papers

  • 'The semantics of clause and verb for relational processes in English' (1987)
  • 'What makes a "good" system network good?' (1988)
  • 'A generationist approach to grammar reversibility in Natural Language Processing' (1994)
  • 'A Systemic Functional approach to complementation in English' (1996)
  • 'On the subject of the Subject in English: two positions on its meaning (and on how to test for it)' (1999)
  • 'In place of Halliday's "verbal group"' (2000)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Andersen, Thomas Hestbaek; Boeriis, Morten; Maagerø, Eva; Tonnessen, Elise Seip (27 March 2015). Social Semiotics: Key Figures, New Directions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-44786-3.
  2. ^ Huang, Guowen; Fontaine, Lise; Tucker, Gordon H.; McDonald, Edward (2020). Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar: Convergence and Divergence. Equinox Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-78179-686-3.
  3. ^ "What is a Systemic Functional Grammar, and how does it work? A description and an interactive demonstration". Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies. 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ Johansson, Stig; Stenström, Anna-Brita (25 August 2011). English Computer Corpora: Selected Papers and Research Guide. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-086596-7.