The Functional Analysis of English

The Functional Analysis of English is an accessible introduction to the analysis of English that helps students to understand the structure, meaning and use of the English language in the context of the Hallidayan systemic functional grammar model.

Assuming no prior knowledge, The Functional [...]
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The Functional Analysis of English is an accessible introduction to the analysis of English that helps students to understand the structure, meaning and use of the English language in the context of the Hallidayan systemic functional grammar model.

Assuming no prior knowledge, The Functional Analysis of English presents the Hallidayan approach to language studies in an accessible via a variety of texts taken from science, film, history and letters, thus enabling students of linguistics, applied linguistics, English Language and English teachers to apply the Hallidayan approach to the analysis or teaching of English.

Now thoroughly revised, this third edition provides you with :

even more detail on simple system networks and an introduction to probability

changes to 'Given' and 'New' in English

recent research on the use of functional analysis in studies of genre and discourse in educational, scientific, clinical, political and legal contexts

updates to the section on corpus linguistics

new sections on pragmatics and cognitive linguistics.

With additional exercises, activities and supplementary readings provided free online at www.hodderplus.com/linguistics, this third edition of The Functional Analysis of Grammar will be invaluable to your understanding of English.