A Systemic Functional Syntactic Analysis of the “V+to+V” Construction in English

HUANG Guo-wen

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HUANG Guo-wen. A Systemic Functional Syntactic Analysis of the “V+to+V” Construction in English[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 8-13.

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HUANG Guo-wen. A Systemic Functional Syntactic Analysis of the “V+to+V” Construction in English[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2011, 27(1): 8-13.

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A Systemic Functional Syntactic Analysis of the “V+to+V” Construction in English

HUANG Guo-wen

School of Foreign Languages Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Received Date: 2010-12-28
Available Online: 2021-06-24

Abstract

Abstract

This paper takes a systemic functional approach to the syntactic analysis of the "V+to+V" construction in English.The analysis indicates that there are a number of semantic relations between the two verbs (verbal groups) although they share the same syntactic form of "V+to+V".The analysis of different combinations in the "V+to+V" construction shows that a meaning-based approach to syntactic analysis has its advantages in exploring the relationship between the verbal group and its function in realizing meaning.
- Systemic Functional Grammar,
- functional syntax,
- verbal group