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Peter H. Fries' Publications

[This page last updated September 20, 2007]


1965 - 1979 / 1980 - 1989 / 1990 - 1999 / In Press / In Progress

Dissertation:

(1964) The Uses of the Infinitive in the Object of the Verb in English.

Publications:

(1965) A periphrastic determination of sentence structure. (With Richard Kittredge.) University of Pennsylvania Transformations and Discourse Analysis Project Paper, Number 60:1-23.
(1967) History of the language. (With Jon Erickson, Eugene Kintgen and Bruce Stark). Backgrounds in Language. Developed by the Upper Midwest Regional Education Lab and Distributed by the National Council of Teachers of English.
(1970) On double function in Tagmemics. Anthropological Linguistics 12:122-135.
(1970) On repeatability and reduplication. TESL Reporter 3,4:1-2.
(1970) On pernicious recursion. Wisconsin Papers in Linguistics. 1,1:1-21. Madison, Wisconsin: Publication of the Linguistic Circle of Madison. Reprinted in Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 4:35-50. (1972).
(1970) Tagmeme Sequences in the English Noun Phrase. Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields. Number 36. Santa Ana: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
(1971) Review of Introduction to Tagmemic Analysis by Walter Cook. Language Sciences 17:45-50.
(1972) English noun phrase construction. TESL Reporter 6,1:8-9. (Fall)
(1972) Tagmemics. In Virginia Clark, Alfred Rosa and Paul Eschholz (Eds.), Language: Introductory Readings, 194 - 208. New York: St. Martins Press. Reprinted in Notes on Linguistics 12:3-13. (October, 1979).
(1974) Problems in the Tagmemic description of the English noun phrase. In Luigi Heilman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11[th International Congress of Linguists, Bologna, Italy, 1972, vol. 1:221-229. Bologna, Italy: Societa Editrice il Mulino Bologna.
(1974) Reviews of:
  • Peter S. A. Cooper. Correct your English: Dialogues and Difficulties. Second edition. München: Hueber. (1971).
  • Hans G. Hoffmann and Friedgold Schmidt. English Grammar Exercises: a Systematic Course for Advanced Students. München: Hueber. (1971).
  • Rudolf Meldau and John Leyton. The Little England Book München: Hueber. (1971).
  • Rudolf Meldau and Ronald Taylor. Deutsche Übersetzungsbeispiele zur Englischen Sprachlehre. München: Hueber. (1969).
  • Joseph Raith and Herbert Marchl. Beispielsätze zur Englischen Grammatik. München: Hueber. (1969).
  • Walter Spiegelberg. Moderne Englische Nacherzählungen. München: Hueber. (1969).

Modern Language Journal 58:82-83.

(1976) The structure of texts: A preliminary report. With Julie Fair. Michigan State University Working Papers in Language and Linguistics 2:109-122. (April). Reprinted in The Internal Journal 1,1:1-8. Department of English, Central Michigan University. (September 1974), and Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 10:95-104. (1978).
(1976) On surface and underlying structure in Tagmemic theory with special reference to phrase, clause and sentence. In Ruth Brend and Kenneth L. Pike (Eds.), Tagmemics: Theoretical Discussion, vol. 2:1-49. The Hague: Mouton.
(1977) English predications of comparison. In Robert DiPietro and Edward Blansitt (Eds.), The Third LACUS Forum 1976, 545-556. Columbia S.C.: Hornbeam Press. Reprinted in Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 9:95-103. (1977).
(1977) Lexical systems and the meanings of words. The Language of Poems 6,1 and 2:3-5. (March).
(1977) Some fundamental insights of Tagmemics revisited. In Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Edgar C. Polome and Werner Winter (Eds.), Linguistic and Literary Studies in Honor of Archibald A. Hill, vol. 1:145-155. Lisse: The Peter De Ridder Press. Reprinted in Advances in Tagmemics, edited by Ruth Brend, 23-34. Amsterdam: North Holland. (1974).
(1978) On surface and underlying structure in Tagmemics. Kivung 11,1:50-74. (June). (Actually appeared in 1981)
(1979) Language and the expression of meaning: a linguist looks at literature. English in Australia 48:29-38. (June).
(1979) Review of Grammatical Analysis by Kenneth L. Pike and Evelyn G. Pike. Language 55:907-911.
(1980) On negation in comparative constructions. In Edward Blansitt and Richard Teschner (Eds.), Festschrift for Jacob Ornstein: Studies in General Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, 120-133. Rowley, Massachusetts: Newbury House.
(1981) On the status of Theme in English: Arguments from discourse. Forum Linguisticum 6,1:1-38. (August). Reprinted in Janos Petöfi and Emel Sözer (Eds.), Micro and Macro Connexity of Texts, 116-152. Papers in Textlinguistics 45. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. (1983).
(1982) On repetition and interpretation. Forum Linguisticum 7:50 - 64. (A special volume edited by Robert E. Longacre containing papers from the conference on Linguistics and the Humanities held at the University of Texas at Arlington March 26 - 28, 1981. This volume appeared in December 1984.)
(1983) Language and interactive behavior: The language of bridge. Notes on Linguistics 25:17 - 23. Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas. (January).
(1983) C. C. Fries, signals grammar and the goals of linguistics. In John Morreall, (Ed.), The Ninth LACUS Forum 1982, 146 - 158. Columbia, SC: Hornbeam.
(1985) How does a story mean what it does? A partial answer. In James Benson and William Greaves (Eds.), Systemic Perspectives on Discourse: Selected Theoretical Papers from the Ninth International Systemic Workshop, 295 - 321. Advances in Discourse Processes, volume 15. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
(1985) Lexical patterns in a text and interpretation. In Kurt Jankowsky, (Ed.), Scientific and Humanistic Dimensions of Language: Festschrift for Robert Lado, on the Occasion of his 70[th Birthday, 483 - 490. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1985) Towards an Understanding of Language: C. C. Fries in Perspective, edited by Peter H. Fries and Nancy M. Fries. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, Vol. 40. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  C. C. Fries[ view of language and linguistics. In Peter H. Fries and Nancy M. Fries (Eds.), Towards an Understanding of Language: C. C. Fries in Perspective, 63 - 83. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  Slot in referential hierarchy in relation to Charles C. Fries[ views of language. (With K. L. Pike.) In Peter H. Fries and Nancy M. Fries (Eds.), Towards an Understanding of Language: C. C. Fries in Perspective, 105 - 127. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1986) Language features, textual coherence and reading. Word 37,1-2: 13-29.
(1986) Toward a discussion of the ordering of adjectives in the English noun phrase. In Benjamin Elson (Ed.), Language and Global Perspective: Papers in Honor of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1935-1985, 123-134. Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
(1987) Charles Fries[ views on psychology and ESL pedagogy. Journal of Intensive English Studies. 1(1):17-39.
(1987) Kenneth L. Pike: Mentor and friend. In Ruth Brend (ed.), Kenneth Lee Pike Bibliography, 46-49. Arcadia Bibliographica Virorum Eruditorum, Vol. 10. Bloomington, IN: Eurolingua.
(1988) Review of Francis Christie (ed.), Deakin University Series in Language and Linguistics. Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Word 38(3):216-220.
(1989) Fries[ views on psychology: His non-mechanical view of human behavior. In William E. Norris and Jerris E. Strain (Eds.), Charles Carpenter Fries: His `Oral Approach[ for Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages, 11-20. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
(1989) Systems, Structures, and Discourse: Selected Papers from the Fifteenth International Systemic Congress. Edited with James Benson, William Greaves, and Christian Matthiessen. Word Volume 40, Number 1-2 (April - August).
(1990) Toward a componential approach to text. In John Gibbons, Howard Nicholas and M. A. K. Halliday (eds.), Learning, Keeping and Using Language: Selected Papers from the Eighth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Sydney, August 16 - 21, 1987, Sydney, Australia, Volume 2, 363 - 380. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1992) Lexico-grammatical patterns and the interpretation of texts. Discourse Processes 15: 73-91.
(1992) Exploring Theme: Problems for research. Occasional Papers in Systemic Linguistics 6: 45-60. Also in Systemic Functional Linguistic Forum. 1(1): 51-63. (With Gill Francis.)
(1992) The structuring of information in written English text. In M. A. K. Halliday and F. C. C. Peng (eds.), Current Research in Functional Grammar, Discourse, and Computational Linguistics with a Foundation in Systemic Theory. Special Issue of Language Sciences 14,4:1-28.
(1993) Information flow in written advertising. In James Alatis (ed.), Language, Communication and Social Meaning, 336-352. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, 1992. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
(1993) On repetition and interpretation. In S. K. Verma and V. Prakasam (eds.) New Horizons in Functional Linguistics, 69-102. Hyderabad, India: Booklinks Corporation. (A revision of On repetition and interpretation (1982)).
(1994) On Theme, Rheme and discourse goals. In Malcolm Coulthard (ed), Advances in Written Text Analysis, 229 - 249. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.)
(1995) Discourse and Meaning in Society: Functional Perspectives. Norwood NJ: Ablex Publishers. (Edited with Michael Gregory)
  Patterns of information in initial position in English. In Fries and Gregory (eds.) Discourse and Meaning in Society: Functional Perspectives, 47-66. Norwood NJ: Ablex Publishers.
(1995) On Subject and Theme: From the Perspective of Functions in Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Edited with Ruqaiya Hasan.)
  Reflections on Subject and Theme: An introduction. (With Ruqaiya Hasan.) In Hasan and Fries (eds.), On Subject and Theme: From the Perspective of Functions in Discourse, xiii-xlv. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  Themes, methods of development, and texts. In Hasan and Fries (eds.), On Subject and Theme: From the Perspective of Functions in Discourse, 317-359. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1995) A personal view of Theme. In Mohsen Ghadessey (ed.), Thematic Development in English Texts, 1-19. London: Pinter.
(1996) Theme and New in written English. In Thomas Miller (ed.), Functional Approaches to Written Text: Classroom Applications. TESOL France 3(1): 69-85. Also published in Thomas Miller (ed.), 1997, Functional Approaches to Classroom Discourse. Washington, DC: USIS.
(1999) Post-nominal modifiers in the English noun phrase. In Peter Collins and David Lee, (eds.) The Clause in English: In Honour of Rodney Huddleston, 93 - 111. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(1999) Looking at language in context: A common concern of Whole Language and Systemic Functional Linguistics. In Ann M. Marek and Carole Edelsky (eds.), Reflections and Connections: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Goodman[s Influence on Language Education, 67-93. Cresskill NJ: Hampton Press.
(1999) Review of Carmel Cloran, David Butt and Geoff Williams, (eds.) Ways of Saying: Ways of Meaning Selected Papers of Ruqaiya Hasan. London: Cassel. 1996. Pp vi, 248. Language in Society 28(4): 594-597.
(2000) Functional Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (co-edited with David Lockwood and James Copeland).
  Some Peculiar Adjectives in English Nominal Group. Functional Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition: Papers in Honor of Syndey M. Lamb, 289-322. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2000.
(2000) Issues in Modeling the Textual Metafunction: A Constructive Approach. In Mike Scott and Geoff Thompson (eds.), Patterns of Text: In Honour of Michael Hoey, 83-107. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(2001) Toward a Constructive View of Language. In Ren Shaozeng, William Guthrie and I. W. Ronald Fong (eds.) Grammar and Discourse: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Discourse Analysis, 59-74. Macau: Publications Centre, University of Macau.
(2001) Systemic Functional Linguistics: a close relative of SILF?  La Linguistique 37: 89-100.
(2002) Confrontation and support in bonobo-human discourse. Functions of Language 9(1): 1 - 38. (Co authored with James Benson, William S. Greaves, Kazuyoshi Iwamoto, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, and Jared Taglialatela).
(2002) Issues of structure and interpretation in the English nominal group. In Robert Stainton and Jessica DeVilliers (eds), Communication in Linguistics, 157-178. Toronto: Editions du GREF.
(2002) Relations and Functions in Language and Discourse. London: Continuum Press. (Co-edited with Michael Cummings, David Lockwood and William Spruiell).
  The flow of information in a written text. In Fries, Cummings, Lockwood, and Spruiell eds. Relations and Functions in Language and Discourse, 117-155.
  Some aspects of coherence in a conversation. In Fries, Cummings, Lockwood, and Spruiell (eds.), Relations and Functions in Language and Discourse, 346-375.
(2002) Theme and New in written advertising. In HUANG Guowen & WANG Zongyan (eds), Discourse and Language Functions, 56-72. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. ISBN 7-5600-2668-0/H.1383.
(2003) The presentation of reality in James and Hemingway. In Mary RuthWise and Ruth Brend (eds.) Language and Life, 297-316. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
(2004) What makes a text coherent? In David Banks (ed.), Text and Texture , 9 - 50. Paris: L'Hartmattan.
(2005) On the role of social interaction in the perception of coherence. In Jan Frodesen. and Christine Holten (eds.) The Power of Context in Language Learning and Teaching, 81 - 90. Boston, MA: Heinle & Thompson.
 

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In Press:

1. The textual metafunction as a site for a discussion of the goals of linguistics and techniques of linguistic analysis. To be published in Geoff Thompson and Gail Forey (eds.), Text Type and Texture, London: Equinox.
2. Words, Context and Meaning in Reading. To be published in Alan Flurkey, Kenneth Goodman, and Eric Paulson (eds.), Scientific Realism in studies of Reading, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
   

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Work Submitted For Publication:

1. Theme and New in written advertising. Submitted to a volume of papers on systemic grammar to be translated into Norwegian and published in Norway.

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In Progress:

1. On context, perception and reading: perspectives from Systemic Linguistics and Whole Language. (Co-authoring with Kenneth S. Goodman).

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