My Understanding on Michael Halliday's Contribution to Syntactic Semantics  

作　　者：陈晓远[1] 

机构地区：[1]浙江省杭州市浙江大学城市学院外语分院大学英语部,浙江杭州310015

出　　处：《读与写（教育教学刊）》2013年第2期1-2,共2页Read and Write

摘　　要：The essay attempts to summarize Michael Halliday's contribution to the theory of syntactic semantics according to the author's understanding. Starting from the origin of his ideas, the essay then explains what syntactic semantics means and the concept of transitivity system and several processes such as material processes, behavioural processes and mental processes. Finally, Halliday's new ideas are described-namely the micro perspective of one part of the functional linguistics.The essay attempts to summarize Michael Halliday＇s contribution to the theory of syntactic semantics according to the author＇s understanding. Starting from the origin of his ideas, the essay then explains what syntactic semantics means and the concept of transitivity system and several processes such as material processes, behavioural processes and mental processes. Finally, Halliday＇s new ideas are described-namely the micro perspective of one part of the functional linguistics.

关 键 词：SYNTACTIC SEMANTICS processes TRANSITIVITY elements 

分 类 号：H315.9[语言文字—英语]