书目名称 | Understanding Verbal Art | 副标题 | A Functional Linguis | 编辑 | Jonathan Webster | 视频video | | 概述 | Demonstrates how linguistic analysis reveals the resources at work in making meaning in verbal art.Explores how the poet Edwin Thumboo combines grammar and metaphor to make meaning and the basis for h | 丛书名称 | The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This book applies linguistic analysis to the poetry of Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo, a Singaporean poet and leading figure in Commonwealth literature. The work explores how the poet combines grammar and metaphor to make meaning, making the reader aware of the linguistic resources developed by Thumboo as the basis for his unique technique..The author approaches the poems from a functional linguistic perspective, investigating the multiple layers of meaning and metaphor which go into producing these highly textured, grammatically intricate works of verbal art. The approach is based on Systematic Functional Theory, which assists with investigating how the poet uses language (grammar) to craft his text, in a playful way that reflects a love of the language. The multilingual and multicultural experiences of the poet are seen to have contributed to his uniquely creative use of language..This work demonstrates how Systematic Functional Theory, with its emphasis on exploring the semogenic (meaning-making) power of language, provides the handle we need to better understand poetic works as intentional acts of meaning..The verbal art of Edwin Thumboo illustrate Barthes‘ point that "Bits | 出版日期 | Book 2015 | 关键词 | Poetics; Semantics; Stylistics; Systemic-functional; literary diction | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55019-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-662-51526-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-55019-5Series ISSN 2198-9869 Series E-ISSN 2198-9877 | issn_series | 2198-9869 | copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 |
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