An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics,9780826453013

An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics

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ISBN13: 9780826453013
ISBN10: 0826453015
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Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
An overview of the systemic functional approach
1(24)
Introduction: aim of this book
1(1)
A functional-semantic approach to language
2(1)
How do people use language?
3(8)
How is language structured for use?
11(11)
Summary of systemic linguistics
22(2)
Sources of texts used in this chapter
24(1)
Context of culture: genre
25(24)
Introduction
25(1)
An illustration of genre
25(5)
Context of situation and context of culture
30(6)
Schematic structure
36(5)
Realization of elements of schematic structure
41(5)
Types of generic structure
46(2)
Sources of texts used in this chapter
48(1)
Context of situation: register
49(32)
Introduction
49(1)
Context
49(3)
Register theory
52(28)
Sources of texts used in this chapter
80(1)
Discourse-semantics: cohesion in text
81(33)
Introduction
81(1)
Strata and units: review
81(1)
Defining discourse-semantics
82(2)
Discourse
84(11)
Analysing cohesion in texts
95(16)
Summary: Discourse-semantics, lexico-grammar and context
111(3)
Introduction to the lexico-grammar
114(32)
Introduction
114(1)
The traffic lights revisited: extending the system
114(3)
The demands we make of language
117(6)
Principles of grammatical analysis: units and constituency
123(21)
Summary: descriptive grammar and the notion of ``appropriacy''
144(2)
The grammar of interpersonal meaning: Mood
146(52)
Introduction
146(1)
Interpersonal meaning and the structure of dialogue
146(8)
Exchanging information: the grammatical structure of propositions
154(29)
Exchanging goods and services: the grammar of proposals
183(9)
Summary
192(6)
Systems: meaning as choice
198(22)
Introduction
198(1)
Semiotic systems
198(7)
Systems
205(13)
Summary
218(2)
The grammar of experiential meaning: Transitivity
220(51)
Introduction
220(1)
Simultaneous meanings in texts and clauses
220(4)
The metafunctions
224(3)
Introduction to experiential meaning: the system of Transitivity
227(27)
From action to being: existential and relational processes
254(12)
The meaning of Transitivity
266(4)
Summary of Transitivity
270(1)
The grammar of textual meaning: Theme
271(36)
Introduction
271(1)
Metafunctional analysis and the textual strand of meaning
271(3)
Theme/Rheme: the system
274(1)
The Boundary of Theme: types of Themes
275(9)
Theme and Mood: analysing Theme in different Mood classes
284(5)
Other cases of Theme analysis
289(6)
Patterns of Theme choice: Marked and Unmarked Theme
295(10)
Conclusion: implications of Theme for levels of textual structure
305(2)
Explaining text: applying systemic functional linguistics
307(27)
Introduction
307(1)
Summary of the model
307(1)
Systemic text analysis
308(2)
Analysis of the Crying Baby texts
310(22)
Conclusion
332(2)
Appendix: analyses of the Crying Baby texts 334(14)
A1 Lexico-grammatical analyses
334(5)
A2 Discourse-semantic analyses
339(4)
A3 Generic analysis
343(5)
References 348(7)
Index 355

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