Introducing Functional Grammar

by Thompson, Geoff

• ISBN13: 9780340625354
• ISBN10: 034062535X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-27
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

This book provides students with an accessible introduction to Hallidayan functional grammar and prepares them to use Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar (IFG) later on in their studies. In this updated edition, Thompson focuses on changes in two main areas: corpus data and system networks.

Author Biography

Geoff Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
The purpose of linguistic analysis	p. 1
Identifying clauses and clause constituents	p. 13
An overview of Functional Grammar	p. 26
Interaction in the clause: the interpersonal metafunction	p. 38
Representing the world: the experiential metafunction	p. 76
Organising the message: the textual metafunction: Theme	p. 117
Organising the message: the textual metafunction: cohesion	p. 147
Grammatical metaphor	p. 163
Groups and phrases	p. 179
Clauses in combination	p. 194
Implications and applications of Functional Grammar	p. 214
Answers to exercises	p. 225
Further Reading	p. 250
References	p. 254
Index	p. 257
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