Analysing English Grammar: A Systemic Functional Introduction
Cambridge University Press, 10/25/2012
EAN 9780521151931, ISBN10: 0521151937
Paperback, 294 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
A practical step-by-step introduction to the analysis of English grammar, this book leaves the reader confident to tackle the challenges analysing grammar may pose. The first textbook to take an integrated approach to function and structure in grammatical analysis, it allows students to build experience, skills and confidence in working with grammar. The innovative, hybrid approach combines an introduction to systemic functional theory with a solid grounding in grammatical structure. The book approaches grammar in an incremental way, enabling students to develop grammatical skill in stages. It is of particular value to those starting to work with functional grammar but it is also relevant for experienced readers who are interested in developing a more systematic approach to grammatical analysis.
1. Introduction to functional grammatical analysis
2. The units of language analysis
3. The grammar of things
the nominal group
4. Representing experience
5. Orienting language
6. Organizing language
7. From text to clause
8. Guidelines for grammatical analysis
9. There and back again
interpreting the analysis
10. Answers to exercises.
Advance praise: 'An exceptionally lucid university-level introduction to the structural grammar of English from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics.' Michael Cummings, Professor Emeritus, York University, Toronto