Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a basic introduction to systemic-functional linguistics in the context of English. It presents the principles of a Hallidayan approach to language studies and introduces, in an explanatory way, a set of techniques for the grammatical analysis of English.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Preliminaries - Grammar and meaning
Labels
Subject and related functions
Information Structure and Thematic structure
Text and Texture
Process and Participant
The Nominal Group
Rankshifted Clauses
Clause Complexes: Expansion
Clause Complexes: Projection
Applications of Functional Analysis
Historical Perspectives.