Text from a functional communicative perspective: a linguistic analysis of Chekhov’s humoresque “My ‘her’”
Journal: Text and Talk
Year: 2017

Abstract The article presents a theoretical framework for linguistic analysis of a text – Functional Communicative Grammar (FCG). Based on the assumption that any text is generated by the communicative intentions of the speaker, this approach focuses on the speaker’s time and space perspective in relation to the depicted situation, the plurality of subjects involved and the different statuses of these subjects within an utterance. The methodology allows the analyst to reveal the author’s tactics