A systemic functional grammar analysis of transitivity patterns and worldview in E. M. Forsters a passage to India
Other Title(s)
تحليل القواعد الوظيفية النظامية لأنماط التعدي و الرؤى العالمية في رواية الكاتب أي أم فورستر-رحلة الى الهند
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
al-Hajj, Sulayman
Nawfal, Khalil
University
Philadelphia University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2009
English Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the linguistic structures that are used by E.M.
Forster in his A Passage to India to realize what Halliday calls the "ideational" function of language, i.e.
the "transitivity system".
This thesis seeks to reveal how the author reflects and represents the main characters' worldviews in the novel through the linguistic structure.
The 'Transitivity' patterns within Halliday's model of Systemic Functional Grammar were presented and used in the study as an analytical framework to see how the selection of certain linguistic options realizes and encodes the main characters' worldviews or ideologies.
The analysis focuses on the three main processes within the transitivity system i.e.
Material, Mental and Relational, among other minor ones: Behavioural, Existential, and Verbal.
The systemic functional analysis of the three main characters in Forster's A Passage to India has revealed that this analysis is a very important tool to uncover the meaning potentials that are embedded in the syntactic structures of the language used in the novel.
Moreover, through the analysis, the researcher managed to prove that there is a correlation between the transitivity patterns and the three main characters' worldviews (Dr.
Aziz, Mrs.
Moore, and Mr.
Fielding).
Finally, this analysis could be used to uncover the transitivity patterns in other English novels or literary works.
Moreover, any upcoming research can be dedicated to studying the functional framework in the Arabic literature.
Main Subjects
Topics
No. of Pages
120
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One.
Chapter Two.
Chapter Three : Part one, mosque.
Chapter Four : Part two, caves.
Chapter Five : Part three, temple.
Conclusion.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Mashaqibah, Hanan Muwaffaq. (2009). A systemic functional grammar analysis of transitivity patterns and worldview in E. M. Forsters a passage to India. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546119
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Mashaqibah, Hanan Muwaffaq. A systemic functional grammar analysis of transitivity patterns and worldview in E. M. Forsters a passage to India. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University. (2009).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546119
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Mashaqibah, Hanan Muwaffaq. (2009). A systemic functional grammar analysis of transitivity patterns and worldview in E. M. Forsters a passage to India. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546119
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-546119
