Linguistic studies of text and discourse

Author(s)

• Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood)
• Webster, Jonathan

Bibliographic Information

Linguistic studies of text and discourse

M.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan Webster

（Collected works of M.A.K. Halliday, v. 2）

Continuum, 2002

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 289-296

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780826458681

Description

For nearly half a century, Professor M. A. K. Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen insights into the social semiotic phenomenon we call language. This ten-volume series presents the seminal works of Professor Halliday. The papers in this second volume focus on the application of systemic functional grammar to the analysis of texts, both literary and everyday, written and spoken. Through detailed linguistic analyses of specific texts, ranging from the highly valued by such authors as William Golding, J. B. Priestley, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Darwin, to the more everyday, such as a fund-raising letter and part of a doctoral defence, Halliday explores the power of grammar to create meaning, to change our lives for better or worse. Each text is studied, as one would study any kind of language, in terms of the linguistic resources that contribute to the realization of its 'meaning potential'. The analyses are not only interesting for what they reveal about the texts under investigation, but also instructive about the practice and methods of systemic grammar analysis.

Table of Contents

• Preface / Part One: Linguistic Analysis and Textual Meaning / 1. The Linguistic Study of Literary Texts / 2. Text as Semantic Choice in Social Contexts / Part Two: Highly-valued Texts (Novel
• Drama
• Science in Poetry
• Poetry in Science) / 3. Linguistic Function and Literary Style: An Inquiry into the Language of William Golding's The Inheritors / 4. The Deautomatization of Grammar: From Priestley's An Inspector Calls / 5. Poetry as Scientific Discourse: The Nuclear Sections of Tennyson's In Memoriam / 6. The Construction of Knowledge and Value in the Grammar of Scientific Discourse: With Reference to Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species / Part Three: Everyday Texts (Written
• Spoken) / 7. Some Lexicogrammatical Features of the Zero Population Growth text / 8. 'So You Say "Pass"... Thank You Three Muchly'

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780826488237

Description

For nearly half a century, Professor M. A. K. Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen insights into the social semiotic phenomenon we call language. This ten-volume series presents the seminal works of Professor Halliday. Linguistic studies of text and discourse is the second in a series of volumes presenting the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday. The papers in this volume focus on the application of systemic functional grammar to the analysis of texts, both highly-valued and everyday, both written and spoken. Presenting detailed linguistic analyses of specific texts, ranging from the highly-valued by such authors as William Golding, J.B. Priestly, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Charles Darwin, to the more everyday variety, such as a fund-raising letter and part of a doctoral defense, Halliday explores the power of grammar at work to create meaning, to change our lives for better or worse. Each text is studied as one would any kind of language, in terms of the linguistic resources that contribute to the realization of its 'meaning potential'. Not only are the analyses interesting for what they reveal about the texts under investigation, but also instructive in the practice and methods of systemic grammar analysis.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Part One: Linguistic Analysis and Textual Meaning
• 1. The Linguistic Study of Literary Texts
• 2. Text as Semantic Choice in Social Contexts
• Part Two: Highly-valued Texts (Novel
• Drama
• Science in Poetry
• Poetry in Science)
• 3. Linguistic Function and Literary Style: An Inquiry into the Language of William Golding's The Inheritors
• 4. The De-automatization of Grammar: From Priestley's An Inspector Calls
• 5. Poetry as Scientific Discourse: The Nuclear Sections of Tennyson's in Memoriam
• 6. The Construction of Knowledge and Value in the Grammar of Scientific Discourse: With Reference to Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species
• Part Three: Everyday Texts (Written
• Spoken)
• 7. Some Lexicogrammatical Features of the Zero Population Growth text
• 8. 'So You Say "Pass"... Thank You Three Muchly'.

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Details

• NCID: BA60453925
• ISBN:
  • 0826458688
  • 0826488234
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 301 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 401.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Semiotics
  • LCSH : Discourse analysis
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA58724994