A systemic functional grammar of English : a simple introduction
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A systemic functional grammar of English : a simple introduction
Routledge, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Providing a simple - but not simplistic - introduction to the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) of English, this book serves as a launching pad for the beginning student and a review for the more seasoned linguist. With an introduction to SFG through lexicogrammar and the concept of rankshift, this book is the first introduction to SFG (including Appraisal) with examples exclusively sourced from twenty-first century texts. Written for those learning English and English linguistics as a foreign language, this serves as an easy-to-read introduction or refresher course for Systemic Functional Linguistics.
Table of Contents
- Contents Preface Chapter 1. Some introductory remarks to get us started. Summary Chapter 2. Grammatical parts and how they work together. Analysing a more extended example. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 3. Representing the world. The ideational metafunction. Material process. Mental process. Relational process. Verbal Process. Existential process. Oblique participants. Analysing a more extended example
- Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 4. The speaker's relationships. Mood. Analysing a more extended example. Modality. Speech Acts. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 5. Getting the message in order. Thematic structure. Analysing a more extended example. Thematic progression. Analysing a more extended example. Information structure. Analysing a more extended example. Cohesion: reference. Analysing a more extended example. Cohesion: lexical chains. Analysing a more extended example. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 6. Extending the interpersonal metafunction. Attitude. Analysing a more extended example. Engagement. Graduation. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 7. Modelling the text. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 8. The text in context. Summary Activities & Exercises Chapter 9. Final thoughts: a launching pad. Further Reading. Glossary. Key to Activities & Exercises. Index.
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