Share Halliday "Spoken and Written Language"
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Which language presents phenomena as process?
Spoken
Which language presents phenomena as products?
Written
How else should we call a sentence?
a clause complex, because we cannot identify sentences in spoken language
What is a lexical item?
nouns, verbs, and adjectives
What is a grammatical item?
articles, pronouns,determiners,prepositions, adverbs and finite verbs
How is the effect of density reduced?
repetition, high-frequency items
What are the differences between lexical and grammatical items?
a grammatical item enters into a closed system - lexical enter into open not closed contrasts
How else are lexical items called?
Content words, items, because they can consistent of more than one word
A clause complex is the grammar’s way of showing what?
Showing that and how the processes going together in a sequence are all related to each other 1. they can be treated as equal, none being dependent 2. they can
Why is it common to regard spoken language as disjointed and shapeless?
