An Introduction to Functional grammar
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Hodder Arnold
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9780340761670
Description: "The approach taken in this book overcomes the distinction between theoretical and applied linguistics. The description of grammar is grounded in a comprehensive theory, but it is a theory that evolved in the process of being applied, making this an introduction for all students and scholars interested in the relation between grammar, meaning and discourse."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: The architecture of language; title: Towards a functional grammar; title: Clause as message; title: Clause as exchange; title: Clause as representation; title: Above, below and beyond the clause; title: Below the clause: groups and phrases; title: Above the clause: the clause complex; title: Group and phrase complexes; title: Around the clause: cohesion and discourse; title: Beyond the clause: metaphorical modes of expression