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Author: Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor 

The Functional Analysis of English is an introduction to the analysis and description of English, based on the principles of systemic functional linguistics. It sets out the tools and analytic techniques of Hallidayan grammar with clear explanations of terminology and illustrates these with examples from a variety of texts, including science, travel, history and literary sources. This revised third edition incorporates references to recent research, better explanations of complex problems, and additional exercises. Key features: an updated overview of applications to real world issues revised sections on the current historical position of systemic functional grammar simple introductions to agnation, grammatical metaphor, and information structure chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, exercises with answers and a glossary of terms a companion website with additional activities, exercises and supplementary readings for students and instructors This third edition is an indispensable introduction to systemic functional linguistics, which can be used independently or in preparation for M.A.K. Halliday and C.M.I.M. Matthiessen’s Introduction to Functional Grammar. The book is an ideal text for students of linguistics, applied linguistics and grammar- those new to the field, or who have a background in traditional grammar, as well as teachers of English language.

The Functional Analysis of English 3rd Table of contents:

1 A meaningful approach

1.1 How to use this book

1.2 Grammar and meaning

1.3 Meaning potential

1.4 System networks

1.5 Language in use

1.6 The study of texts

1.7 The notion of rank

1.8 Functions and metafunctions

Summary

Further study

Exercises

2 Labels

2.1 Music, mathematics, medicine and motor-vehicle maintenance

2.2 A political parable

2.3 Word classes

2.4 Subjects

2.5 Groups

2.6 Three ways of looking at a clause

Summary

Further study

Exercises

3 Clause structure

3.1 Subject revisited

3.2 Finites and Predicators

3.3 Complements

3.4 Adjuncts

3.5 Sample analysis

Summary

Further study

Exercises

4 Information structure and thematic structure

4.1 Organizing ideas

4.2 Information structure: Given and New information

4.3 Thematic structure: Theme and Rheme

4.4 The interaction of information structure and thematic structure

Summary

Further study

Exercises

5 Grammar and text

5.1 Text and texture

5.2 The textual component of the grammar

5.3 Thematic progression

5.4 Cohesive ties

Summary

Further Study

Exercises

6 Process and participant

6.1 Transitivity: the clause as representation

6.2 Processes

6.3 Material process

6.4 Mental process

6.5 Relational process

6.6 Verbal process

6.7 Other processes

6.8 Grammatical metaphor

6.9 Circumstance

Summary

Further study

Exercises

7 Group structure

7.1 Groups revisited

7.2 Nominal Groups

7.3 Verbal groups

7.4 Other group complexes and phrase complexes

Summary

Further study

Exercises

8 Embedded clauses

8.1 Embedded clause as Postmodifer/Qualifer

8.2 Multiple embedding of clauses

8.3 Embedded clause as Subject or Complement

8.4 Postposed clauses

8.5 Other embedded clauses

Summary

Further study

Exercises

9 Clause complexes: expansion

9.1 Ways of combining clauses

9.2 Paratactic clause relations

9.3 Hypotactic clause relations

9.4 More complicated complexes

Summary

Further study

Exercises

10 Clause complexes: projection

10.1 Projection

10.2 Paratactic projection

10.3 Hypotactic projection

10.4 Non-finite projection

10.5 Grammatical metaphor: embedding versus dependency

10.6 Even more complicated complexes

10.7 Ambiguous structures

Summary

Further study

Exercises

11 Applications of functional analysis

11.1 Explanations and theories

11.2 Writing in science and technology

11.3 Language development and language teaching

11.4 Language and literature: valued texts

11.5 Language and power

11.6 On applications and SFL theory

Summary

Further study

12 Historical perspectives

12.1 Origins

12.2 Before the twentieth century

12.3 De Saussure

12.4 Linguistics in America

12.5 Whorf

12.6 The Prague School

12.7 Malinowski and Firth

12.8 Corpus linguistics

12.9 Some functional alternatives

12.10 Systemic functional ‘grammars’

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