Analysing English grammar : a systemic-functional introduction /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fontaine, Lise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
English language > Grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
English language > Grammar
Englisch
Funktionale Grammatik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Analysing grammar within a functional framework
  • 1.3 An overview of systemic functional linguistics
  • 1.4 The goal of grammatical analysis
  • 1.5 Exercises
  • 1.6 Further reading
  • 2 The units of language analysis
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The clause: elements and units
  • 2.3 Word and group classes
  • 2.4 An initial view of the clause: representing functions and structures
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 2.6 Exercises
  • 2.7 Further reading
  • 3 The grammar of things: the nominal group
  • 3.1 Introduction to referring expressions
  • 3.2 The nominal group
  • 3.3 Tests for recognizing nominal group boundaries
  • 3.4 Worked example of the nominal group analysis
  • 3.5 Exercises
  • 3.6 Further reading
  • 4 Representing experience
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Analysing experiential meaning
  • 4.3 Tests for analysing processes, participants and circumstances
  • 4.4 Functional-structural view of the experiential strand of meaning
  • 4.5 Summary
  • 4.6 Exercises
  • 4.7 Further reading
  • 5 Orienting language
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Goals and limitations of the chapter
  • 5.3 The role of subject and its place in the clause
  • 5.4 The Finite element
  • 5.5 Modality
  • 5.6 Polarity
  • 5.7 An interpersonal view of the clause
  • 5.8 Mood
  • 5.9 Summary
  • 5.10 Exercises
  • 5.11 Further reading
  • 6 Organizing language
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 A textual view of the clause
  • 6.3 Theme and Mood
  • 6.4 Types of Theme
  • 6.5 Thematic constructions
  • 6.6 Analysing Theme
  • 6.7 Texture
  • 6.8 Summary
  • 6.9 Exercises
  • 6.10 Further reading
  • 7 From text to clause
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Textual Themes and clause boundaries
  • 7.3 Combining clauses
  • 7.4 Identifying clause boundaries
  • 7.5 Summary
  • 7.6 Exercises
  • 7.7 Further reading
  • 8 Guidelines for grammatical analysis
  • 8.1 A focus on written texts
  • 8.2 Summary of grammatical tests
  • 8.3 The three-strand analysis
  • 8.4 Summary
  • 8.5 Exercises
  • 8.6 Further reading
  • 9 There and back again: interpreting the analysis
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Patterns of meaning in text
  • 9.3 Final remarks
  • 9.4 Exercises
  • 9.5 Further reading
  • 10 Answers to exercises.

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