Biography:Robin Fawcett

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Robin Fawcett
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Known forCardiff grammar in systemic functional linguistics
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics

Robin P. Fawcett (born 1937) is a British linguist known as the main exponent of the Cardiff grammar in systemic functional linguistics.[1][2] He is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University.[3][4]

Selected bibliography

Books

  • Cognitive Linguistics and Social Interaction (1980)
  • Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics through the Cardiff Grammar (1997)
  • A theory of syntax for systemic functional linguistics (2000)

Papers

  • 'The semantics of clause and verb for relational processes in English' (1987)
  • 'What makes a "good" system network good?' (1988)
  • 'A generationist approach to grammar reversibility in Natural Language Processing' (1994)
  • 'A Systemic Functional approach to complementation in English' (1996)
  • 'On the subject of the Subject in English: two positions on its meaning (and on how to test for it)' (1999)
  • 'In place of Halliday's "verbal group"' (2000)

References