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An Introduction to Functional Grammar (Third Revised Edition)

Name: An Introduction to Functional Grammar (Third Revised Edition)
ISBN: 9780340761670

Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday

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In this extensively revised third edition, Halliday and Matthiessen retain the organization and topical coverage of the earlier editions, while incorporating a considerable amount of new material. They give greater emphasis to the systemic perspective, in which grammaticalization is understood in the context of an overall model of language. Their description of grammar is grounded in a comprehensive theory, but it is a theory which evolves in the process of being applied.

Contents :

Part I The Clause

1. The architecture of language

2. Towards a functional grammar

3. Clause as message

4. Clause as exchange

5. Clause as representation

Part II Above, Below and Beyond the Clause

6. Below the clause: groups and phrases

7. Above the clause: the clause complex

8. Group and phrase complexes

9. Around the clause: cohesion and discourse