Miriam Taverniers

List of John Benjamins publications in which Miriam Taverniers is involved.

Titles

On mood and speech function and the ‘why’ of text analysis: In honour of Margaret Berry

Edited by Lise Fontaine, Miriam Taverniers and Kristin Davidse

Special issue of Functions of Language 26:1 (2019) vi, 135 pp.

Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics

Edited by Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Miriam Taverniers and Louise J. Ravelli

Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 236] 2003. vi, 453 pp.

Taverniers, Miriam 2021 Modelling interfaces with context in SFL: Stratification, instantiation, metafunctions Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theoretical developments and directions, Bowcher, Wendy L. and Tom Bartlett (eds.), pp. 291–314 | Article

This is a study of the tools for describing language-in-context in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and specifically, the way in which dynamic time can be added to this description. Of central importance in this exploration are the concepts of stratification and instantiation and their… read more

Davidse, Kristin, Lise Fontaine and Miriam Taverniers 2019 Introduction On mood and speech function and the ‘why’ of text analysis: In honour of Margaret Berry, Fontaine, Lise, Miriam Taverniers and Kristin Davidse (eds.), pp. 5–12 | Introduction

Taverniers, Miriam 2018 Grammatical metaphor and grammaticalization: The case of metaphors of modality Interpersonal Meaning: Systemic Functional Linguistics perspectives, Martin, J.R. (ed.), pp. 164–204 | Article

The aim of this paper is to explore possible connections between ‘grammatical metaphor’ and ‘grammaticalization’, especially with a view to identifying synergies and fostering cross-fertilization of insights between SFL and ‘grammaticalization theory’. After a characterization of the concepts of… read more

Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie and Miriam Taverniers 2014 The adverb truly in Present-Day English The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse: Applications and implications, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco Gonzálvez-García and Angela Downing (eds.), pp. 169–186 | Article

In comparison with the semantically and pragmatically related adverbs really, actually and in fact, the adverb truly has been studied much less extensively. One reason for the neglect may be its relatively low frequency. This is obvious if one consults the British National Corpus (BNC). This… read more

Taverniers, Miriam 2003 Metaphor Handbook of Pragmatics: 2002 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Article

Taverniers, Miriam 2003 Grammatical metaphor in SFL: A historiography of the introduction and initial study of the concept Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics, Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie, Miriam Taverniers and Louise J. Ravelli (eds.), pp. 5–33 | Article