Book Chapters by Matthew P Anstey
Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, 2019
Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, 2019
Marriage, Same-sex Marriage and the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission. Broughton Publishers, 2019
Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, 2017
Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, 2017
Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology, G. Ambler, M. Anstey, M. White, & T. McCall (eds). Cascade Publications, 2017
Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life, E. MacKinlay (ed), Jessica Kingsley, 2008
“Into the world you love”: Encountering God in Everyday Life, G. Garrett (ed), Hindmarsh: ATF Press, 2007
Tree tigers and tree elephants: A constructional account of English nominal compounds
Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar in Honour of J. Lachlan Mankenzie, 2007
The description of English nominal compounds (ENCs) poses a challenge to linguistic theories beca... more The description of English nominal compounds (ENCs) poses a challenge to linguistic theories because ENCs compress a bewildering array of semantic and conceptual information into a relatively simple syntactic structure. The present contribution reviews linguistic and psycholinguistic efforts to meet this challenge in a variety of ways. It is proposed that a superior explanation is one that treats the semantic and syntactic (and conceptual and prosodic) information as a constructional unity, learned and used as a distinct linguistic entity rather than as a derivative of construction-independent rules and processes. The proposed ENC construction is claimed to have theoretical, functional, and cognitive adequacy, a desideratum of linguistic theories.
M. P. Anstey and J. L. Mackenzie (eds), Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar. (Functional Grammar Series 26.) Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005
A New Architecture for Functional Grammar (Functional Grammar Series 24), ed. J. L. Mackenzie & M. J. Goméz-González, Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004
This article surveys the history of Simon Dik's theory, Functional Grammar.
Journal Articles by Matthew P Anstey
The Biblical Hebrew Qatal verb: A Functional Discourse Grammar analysis
Linguistics, 2009
Functional discourse grammar (FDG) is a theory with a rich descriptive apparatus, facilitating th... more Functional discourse grammar (FDG) is a theory with a rich descriptive apparatus, facilitating the modeling of language data that takes into account the several tiers of interdependent information that are present in any utterance, namely, interpersonal, representational, syntactic, and expression. The explanatory component of FDG comes through complementary principles of linguistic cause and effect, be they diachronic, synchronic, areal, typological, neurological, and so forth. It is this comprehensiveness that sets it apart from many other theories that tend to predicate- or syntax-centricity. FDG is used to analyze the Biblical Hebrew so-called qatal verb (QV), which is characterized by a high degree of multifunctionality. An FDG analysis of several of its functions is provided and although this analysis is shown to be descriptively robust it is also theoretically problematic in some respects. These broader problems in the description and explanation of QV according to the theory of FDG are considered.
Functional Discourse Grammar — multifunctional problems and constructional solutions
Linguistics, 2007
One of Functional Grammar's (FG) most important features is the so-called LAYERED STRUCTURE OF TH... more One of Functional Grammar's (FG) most important features is the so-called LAYERED STRUCTURE OF THE CLAUSE (LSC). The LSC is used as both a descriptive and explanatory construct, dividing the linguistic world into various hierarchically related layers, such as predicate, predication, and proposition layers. But problems with the LSC eventually led to the development of Functional Discourse Grammar, which divides FG's unitary LSC into two layers, the Interpersonal and Representational and also adds a third, Syntactic Layer, a long-standing desideratum for FG.
Nevertheless, the present article argues that there are several problems remaining in FDG's LSC, namely, the place of operators and satellites, the use of a quasi-predicate logic notation, and the insertion of lexemes as parts-of-speech in the Representational Layer.
Moreover, the third of these problems relates to a deeper issue, which concerns the understanding of what SEMANTICS refers to in FDG. Specifically, should it refer only those interpersonal/representational distinctions that are relevant to syntax, or should it embrace conceptualisation more broadly and refer to the speaker's intended meaning? Through a consideration of MULTIFUNCTIONALITY, the latter, broader definition of conceptually-relevant semantics is deemed superior, because multifunctionality requires a prising apart of the one-to-one function-to-form bond between semantics and syntax implicit in FDG. It is suggested that a reinterpretation of FDG along the lines of Construction Grammar offers a way of accounting for such multifunctionality satisfactorily.
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2006
The present paper considers how prosodic analysis can assist in the investigation of the status o... more The present paper considers how prosodic analysis can assist in the investigation of the status of Tiberian Hebrew (TH) constituents with respect to their position on the grammatical-lexical cline. The introduction presents one area of research where such an analysis is necessary, namely, the presentation of TH in a typological format. The first section summarizes such a format, presented in detail in Anstey (2005). The second section then demonstrates how the Masoretic diacritics, as encoded in the Westminster Hebrew Morphology Database 4.0 (Groves et al. 2003), can be interpreted as an indication of the degree of morphophonological fusion of constituents, which is one variable affecting diagnosis of grammaticalization vis-à-vis lexicalization. Constituents are divided into three ranges of fusion and candidates for grammatical constituents are suggested. Based on this analysis, suggestions are provided for a more fine-grained subdivision of TH parts-of-speech. The conclusion suggests areas for further research.
Working Papers in Functional Grammar, 2002
Perhaps Functional Grammar's most distinctive feature is its extensive use of the so-called layer... more Perhaps Functional Grammar's most distinctive feature is its extensive use of the so-called layered structure of the clause (LSC). The LSC is used as both a descriptive and explanatory construct, dividing the linguistic world into various hierarchically related layers.
Edited Books by Matthew P Anstey
Flourishing in Faith: Theology encountering Positive Psychology
Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology explores the fascinating dialogue... more Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology explores the fascinating dialogue between two scholarly traditions concerned with personal wellbeing, Christian theology and Positive Psychology, primarily from the perspective of theology. Although each works within different paradigms and brings different fundamental assumptions about the nature of the world, both are oriented toward that which leads to human flourishing and contentment. In such an encounter, can both disciplines learn from one another? Do they challenge each other? How can they enrich and or critique each other? With the widespread emergence of Positive Psychology in educational, church, and community settings across the world, many of which self-identify with the Christian tradition, many are wondering how this new branch of psychology integrates with traditional Christian belief and practice. This groundbreaking book explores this question from a diversity of perspectives: theology, biblical studies, education, psychology, social work, disability studies, and chaplaincy, from scholars and practitioners working in Australia and the United States.
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Nevertheless, the present article argues that there are several problems remaining in FDG's LSC, namely, the place of operators and satellites, the use of a quasi-predicate logic notation, and the insertion of lexemes as parts-of-speech in the Representational Layer.
Moreover, the third of these problems relates to a deeper issue, which concerns the understanding of what SEMANTICS refers to in FDG. Specifically, should it refer only those interpersonal/representational distinctions that are relevant to syntax, or should it embrace conceptualisation more broadly and refer to the speaker's intended meaning? Through a consideration of MULTIFUNCTIONALITY, the latter, broader definition of conceptually-relevant semantics is deemed superior, because multifunctionality requires a prising apart of the one-to-one function-to-form bond between semantics and syntax implicit in FDG. It is suggested that a reinterpretation of FDG along the lines of Construction Grammar offers a way of accounting for such multifunctionality satisfactorily.
Edited Books by Matthew P Anstey