Gordon H. Tucker

Tucker, Gordon H. 2014 Giving it my best shot: Towards a coherent functional analysis of metaphorically-derived processes with particular attention to the ‘light verb’ expressions Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez and Francisco Gonzálvez-García (eds.), pp. 33–52 | Article

In this article I explore the extent to which the analysis of metaphoricallyderivedexpressions, such as “give someone a hug”, differs from that assigned tothe prototypical sense associated with the main verb in question. Taking expressionsinvolving the verb “give”, I consider a range of semantic… read more

Tucker, Gordon H. 2013 Review of Medina (2011): Morphosyntactic alternations in English: Functional and cognitive perspectives Functions of Language 20:2, pp. 307–318 | Review

Tucker, Gordon H. 2011 Review of Bache (2008): English tense and aspect in Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar: A critical appraisal and an alternative Functions of Language 18:2, pp. 237–248 | Review

Tucker, Gordon H. 2007 ‘Sorry to muddy the waters’: Accounting for speech act formulae and formulaic variation in a systemic functional model of language Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing, Butler, Christopher S., Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López (eds.), pp. 395–418 | Article

In this paper I seek to provide a grammatical account of some aspects of the realisation of speech acts in spoken discourse that are considered formulaic and/or, in some sense elliptical, as described in Biber et al’s (1999) description of the ‘grammar of conversation’. Focusing on apologies… read more

Tucker, Gordon H. 2001 Possibly alternative modality Aspects of “Interpersonal Grammar”: Grounding, modality, and evidentiality, Davidse, Kristin and Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen (eds.), pp. 183–215 | Article

Despite the recognition of secondary ‘modal’ resources such as modal adjectives and adverbs, there has been relatively little discussion of the full extent of their contribution to the expression of modal meaning in general. In this corpus-based study, I focus exclusively on the adverb possibly and… read more

Tucker, Gordon H. 1998 Quality choice and quality control Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in spoken and written English, Sánchez-Macarro, Antonia and Ronald Carter (eds.), pp. 217 ff. | Article

Tucker, Gordon H. 1997 A functional lexicogrammar of adjectives Functions of Language 4:2, pp. 215–250 | Article

This paper addresses the modelling of lexis within the framework of systemic functional grammar (SFG). Following Halliday's original notion of lexis as 'most delicate grammar', it is argued within SFG that there is no sharp distinction between structure and lexis. Instead, both aspects of… read more

Tucker, Gordon H. 1996 So Grammarians Havent the Faintest Idea?: Reconciling grammar and lexis in a systemic functional model of language Functional Descriptions: Theory in practice, Hasan, Ruqaiya †, Carmel Cloran and David Butt (eds.), pp. 145 ff. | Article

Tucker, Gordon H. 1995 Michael Hoey (ed.) Data, Description, Discourse: Papers on the English Language in Honour of John McH Sinclair Functions of Language 2:1, pp. 126–127 | To be specified

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