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The functional analysis of English : a Hallidayan approach

This book provides a basic introduction to systemic functional linguistics in the context of English: it presents the principles of Hallidayan approach to language study and introduces, in an explanatory way, a set of techniques for the grammatical analysis of English
Print Book, English, 1995
Edward Arnold, London, 1995
viii, 278 pages ; 23 cm
9780340600122, 0340600128
32510022
Preliminaries - Grammar and meaning Labels Subject and related functions Information Structure and Thematic structure Text and Texture Process and Participant The Nominal Group Rankshifted Clauses Clause Complexes: Expansion Clause Complexes: Projection Applications of Functional Analysis Historical Perspectives.
Follows version of grammar in Halliday's Introduction to functional grammar.