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1 online resource (332 pages) |
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Cover; The Functional Analysis of English; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of symbols; 1 A meaningful approach; 1.1 How to use this book; 1.2 Grammar and meaning; 1.3 Meaning potential; 1.4 System networks; 1.5 Language in use; 1.6 The study of texts; 1.7 The notion of rank; 1.8 Functions and metafunctions; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 2 Labels; 2.1 Music, mathematics, medicine and motor-vehicle maintenance; 2.2 A political parable; 2.3 Word classes; 2.4 Subjects; 2.5 Groups; 2.6 Three ways of looking at a clause; Summary; Further study |
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Exercises3 Clause structure; 3.1 Subject revisited; 3.2 Finites and Predicators; 3.3 Complements; 3.4 Adjuncts; 3.5 Sample analysis; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 4 Information structure and thematic structure; 4.1 Organizing ideas; 4.2 Information structure: Given and New information; 4.3 Thematic structure: Theme and Rheme; 4.4 The interaction of information structure and thematic structure; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 5 Grammar and text; 5.1 Text and texture; 5.2 The textual component of the grammar; 5.3 Thematic progression; 5.4 Cohesive ties; Summary; Further study; Exercises |
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6 Process and participant6.1 Transitivity: the clause as representation; 6.2 Processes; 6.3 Material process; 6.4 Mental process; 6.5 Relational process; 6.6 Verbal process; 6.7 Other processes; 6.8 Grammatical metaphor; 6.9 Circumstance; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 7 Group structure; 7.1 Groups revisited; 7.2 Nominal Groups; 7.3 Verbal groups; 7.4 Other group complexes and phrase complexes; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 8 Embedded clauses; 8.1 Embedded clause as Postmodifier/Qualifier; 8.2 Multiple embedding of clauses; 8.3 Embedded clause as Subject or Complement |
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8.4 Postposed clauses8.5 Other embedded clauses; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 9 Clause complexes: expansion; 9.1 Ways of combining clauses; 9.2 Paratactic clause relations; 9.3 Hypotactic clause relations; 9.4 More complicated complexes; Summary; Further study; Exercises; 10 Clause complexes: projection; 10.1 Projection; 10.2 Paratactic projection; 10.3 Hypotactic projection; 10.4 Non-finite projection; 10.5 Grammatical metaphor: embedding versus dependency; 10.6 Even more complicated complexes; 10.7 Ambiguous structures; Summary; Further study; Exercises |
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11 Applications of functional analysis11.1 Explanations and theories; 11.2 Writing in science and technology; 11.3 Language development and language teaching; 11.4 Language and literature: valued texts; 11.5 Language and power; 11.6 On applications and SFL theory; Summary; Further study; 12 Historical perspectives; 12.1 Origins; 12.2 Before the twentieth century; 12.3 De Sauss; 12.4 Linguistics in America; 12.5 Whorf; 12.6 The Prague School; 12.7 Malinowski and Firth; 12.8 Corpus linguistics; 12.9 Some functional alternatives; 12.10 Systemic functional 'grammars'; Summary; Further study |
| Summary |
The Functional Analysis of English is an introduction to the analysis and description of English, based on the principles of systemic functional linguistics. It sets out the tools and analytic techniques of Hallidayan grammar with clear explanations of terminology and illustrates these with examples from a variety of texts, including science, travel, history and literary sources. This revised third edition incorporates references to recent research, better explanations of complex problems, and additional exercises.?Key features:an updated overview of applicati |
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Answer key |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-309) and indexes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018
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Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018 fast |
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English language -- Grammar.
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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English language -- Grammar
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bloor, Meriel
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| ISBN |
9781135971021 |
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1135971021 |
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