The Functional Analysis of English: A Hallidayan Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415825931 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 02/27/2013 Edition description: Revised Pages: 336 Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 11.40(h) x 1.20(d) 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 applications to real world issues revised sections on the current historical position of systemic functional grammar simple introductions to agnation, grammatical metaphor, and information structure chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, exercises wi