A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar

Hoa Van Phan; Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen

doi:doi:10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

| Peer-Reviewed

A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar

Hoa Van Phan, Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 9 September 2015 Accepted: 28 September 2015 Published: 15 October 2015

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

The study of the relation between human behavior and language is probably the most fascinating interests that a scholar can undertake. Actually, human behavior and language have very close, mutual and complex relationships which need exploring more. This paper reports on an ongoing Ph. D research in the light of functional grammar raised by Halliday M.A.K [11]. It aims at presenting (i) the theoretical background of experimental meaning: the system of transitivity and especially behavioral clauses, (ii) the identification of English and Vietnamese verbs that realize process in behavioral clauses with a corpus of English and Vietnamese literary work of the late 20^th century and the early 21^st century, (iii) a topology of behavioral clauses in English and Vietnamese literary work. When we look at the experimental metafunction, we are investigating the grammar of the clause as representation. To achieve the set goals, descriptive method and functional analysis are thoroughly chosen. Finally, this paper also employs the framework of Martin, Matthiessen and Painter [15], Bloor and Bloor [2] and Eggins [8] to find out more about the subtypes of behavioral processes in English and Vietnamese literary genre.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
Page(s)	347-352
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Functional Grammar, Topology, Experimental Meaning, Behavioral Clauses

References

[1]	Bickerton, Derek (1996), Language and Human behavior, University of Washington Press.
[2]	Bloor, Thomas and Bloor, Meriel (1995), The Functional Analysis of English: A Hallidayan Approach, Edward Arnold.
[3]	Bloor, Thomas and Bloor, Meriel (1995), The Functional Analysis of English: A Hallidayan Approach, Edward Arnold.
[4]	Bronte, Charlotte (1847), Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England.
[5]	Bùi Đức Tịnh, (1952), Vietnamese Grammar, Văn Tươi Publishing House, Sai Gon.
[6]	Cao Xuân Hạo (2006), An Introduction into Vietnamese Functional Grammar, Society and Science Publishing House, Viet Nam.
[7]	Diệp Quang Ban (2004), Vietnamese Grammar, Education Publishing House, Viet Nam.
[8]	Eggins, Suzanne (1994), An introduction into Systemic Functional Linguistics, London and New York: Continuum.
[9]	Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1925), The Great Gatsby, Scribner, New York.
[10]	Fridlund, Alan (1994), Human Facial Expression, Academic Press.
[11]	Halliday M. A. K. (1994), An introduction to Functional Grammar, Arnold, London.
[12]	Halliday M. A. K. and Matthiessen (2004), An introduction to Functional Grammar, 3^rd ed. London, Arnold.
[13]	Hoàng Vân Vân (2002), An Introduction into Vietnamese clauses in the light of Functional Grammar, Volume 2: clauses, Education Publishing House, Viet Nam.
[14]	Lawrance, D. H (1919), Sons and Lovers, Dover publications, Inc. New York.
[15]	Martin, J. R., Matthiessen, C. and Painter, C. (1997) Working with Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.
[16]	Moyano, E. I. (2009), “Exploring Verbal Processes in Discussion of Academic Articles in Spanish, the 36^th International systemic Functional Congress, Beijing.
[17]	Nam Cao (1956), Sống mòn, Literature Publishing House, Viet Nam.
[18]	Nam Cao (1957), Chí Phèo, Art Publishing House, Viet Nam.
[19]	Nguyễn Tài Cẩn (2004), Vietnamese Grammar, Vietnam National University Press, Ha Noi.
[20]	Ninh Bảo (1998), The sorrow of war- English version by Frank Palmos, Vintage press.
[21]	Phan Khôi (1955), Vietnamese Language Studies, Ha Noi.
[22]	Tô Hoài, Diary of a cricket, Kim Dong Publishing House, Viet Nam..
[23]	Vũ Trọng Phụng, A collection of Vũ Trọng Phụng’s works – Volume 1, Literature Publishing House, Viet Nam.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Hoa Van Phan, Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. (2015). A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 3(6), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Hoa Van Phan; Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2015, 3(6), 347-352. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Hoa Van Phan, Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. Int J Lang Linguist. 2015;3(6):347-352. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15,
  author = {Hoa Van Phan and Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen},
  title = {A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar},
  journal = {International Journal of Language and Linguistics},
  volume = {3},
  number = {6},
  pages = {347-352},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ijll.20150306.15},
  abstract = {The study of the relation between human behavior and language is probably the most fascinating interests that a scholar can undertake. Actually, human behavior and language have very close, mutual and complex relationships which need exploring more. This paper reports on an ongoing Ph. D research in the light of functional grammar raised by Halliday M.A.K [11]. It aims at presenting (i) the theoretical background of experimental meaning: the system of transitivity and especially behavioral clauses, (ii) the identification of English and Vietnamese verbs that realize process in behavioral clauses with a corpus of English and Vietnamese literary work of the late 20th century and the early 21st century, (iii) a topology of behavioral clauses in English and Vietnamese literary work. When we look at the experimental metafunction, we are investigating the grammar of the clause as representation. To achieve the set goals, descriptive method and functional analysis are thoroughly chosen. Finally, this paper also employs the framework of Martin, Matthiessen and Painter [15], Bloor and Bloor [2] and Eggins [8] to find out more about the subtypes of behavioral processes in English and Vietnamese literary genre.},
 year = {2015}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar
AU  - Hoa Van Phan
AU  - Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen
Y1  - 2015/10/15
PY  - 2015
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
T2  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JF  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JO  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
SP  - 347
EP  - 352
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-0221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
AB  - The study of the relation between human behavior and language is probably the most fascinating interests that a scholar can undertake. Actually, human behavior and language have very close, mutual and complex relationships which need exploring more. This paper reports on an ongoing Ph. D research in the light of functional grammar raised by Halliday M.A.K [11]. It aims at presenting (i) the theoretical background of experimental meaning: the system of transitivity and especially behavioral clauses, (ii) the identification of English and Vietnamese verbs that realize process in behavioral clauses with a corpus of English and Vietnamese literary work of the late 20th century and the early 21st century, (iii) a topology of behavioral clauses in English and Vietnamese literary work. When we look at the experimental metafunction, we are investigating the grammar of the clause as representation. To achieve the set goals, descriptive method and functional analysis are thoroughly chosen. Finally, this paper also employs the framework of Martin, Matthiessen and Painter [15], Bloor and Bloor [2] and Eggins [8] to find out more about the subtypes of behavioral processes in English and Vietnamese literary genre.
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Hoa Van Phan

School of International Education, University of Da Nang, Viet Nam
Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen

Department of English Language, College of Transport II, Viet Nam

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Hoa Van Phan, Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. (2015). A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 3(6), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Hoa Van Phan; Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2015, 3(6), 347-352. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Hoa Van Phan, Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen. A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar. Int J Lang Linguist. 2015;3(6):347-352. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15,
  author = {Hoa Van Phan and Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen},
  title = {A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar},
  journal = {International Journal of Language and Linguistics},
  volume = {3},
  number = {6},
  pages = {347-352},
  doi = {10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ijll.20150306.15},
  abstract = {The study of the relation between human behavior and language is probably the most fascinating interests that a scholar can undertake. Actually, human behavior and language have very close, mutual and complex relationships which need exploring more. This paper reports on an ongoing Ph. D research in the light of functional grammar raised by Halliday M.A.K [11]. It aims at presenting (i) the theoretical background of experimental meaning: the system of transitivity and especially behavioral clauses, (ii) the identification of English and Vietnamese verbs that realize process in behavioral clauses with a corpus of English and Vietnamese literary work of the late 20th century and the early 21st century, (iii) a topology of behavioral clauses in English and Vietnamese literary work. When we look at the experimental metafunction, we are investigating the grammar of the clause as representation. To achieve the set goals, descriptive method and functional analysis are thoroughly chosen. Finally, this paper also employs the framework of Martin, Matthiessen and Painter [15], Bloor and Bloor [2] and Eggins [8] to find out more about the subtypes of behavioral processes in English and Vietnamese literary genre.},
 year = {2015}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Study of Topology of Behavioral Clauses in English and Vietnamese in the Light of Functional Grammar
AU  - Hoa Van Phan
AU  - Trinh Thi Tu Nguyen
Y1  - 2015/10/15
PY  - 2015
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
DO  - 10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
T2  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JF  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
JO  - International Journal of Language and Linguistics
SP  - 347
EP  - 352
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2330-0221
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.20150306.15
AB  - The study of the relation between human behavior and language is probably the most fascinating interests that a scholar can undertake. Actually, human behavior and language have very close, mutual and complex relationships which need exploring more. This paper reports on an ongoing Ph. D research in the light of functional grammar raised by Halliday M.A.K [11]. It aims at presenting (i) the theoretical background of experimental meaning: the system of transitivity and especially behavioral clauses, (ii) the identification of English and Vietnamese verbs that realize process in behavioral clauses with a corpus of English and Vietnamese literary work of the late 20th century and the early 21st century, (iii) a topology of behavioral clauses in English and Vietnamese literary work. When we look at the experimental metafunction, we are investigating the grammar of the clause as representation. To achieve the set goals, descriptive method and functional analysis are thoroughly chosen. Finally, this paper also employs the framework of Martin, Matthiessen and Painter [15], Bloor and Bloor [2] and Eggins [8] to find out more about the subtypes of behavioral processes in English and Vietnamese literary genre.
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
ER  -

Copy | Download