Robin Fawcett

Robin Fawcett
Born	1937 (age 87–88)
Known for	Cardiff grammar in systemic functional linguistics
Scientific career
Fields	Linguistics

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

1. Andersen, Thomas Hestbaek; Boeriis, Morten; Maagerø, Eva; Tonnessen, Elise Seip (27 March 2015). Social Semiotics: Key Figures, New Directions. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-44786-3.
2. Huang, Guowen; Fontaine, Lise; Tucker, Gordon H.; McDonald, Edward (2020). Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar: Convergence and Divergence. Equinox Publishing Limited. ISBN   978-1-78179-686-3.
3. "What is a Systemic Functional Grammar, and how does it work? A description and an interactive demonstration". Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies. 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
4. Johansson, Stig; Stenström, Anna-Brita (25 August 2011). English Computer Corpora: Selected Papers and Research Guide. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-11-086596-7.