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...an invaluable presentation of, and rationale for, the central descriptive apparatus of Halliday's systemic-functional grammar of English...essential reading for all students of English textual structure, teeming with insights. -- Michael Toolan, University of Birmingham, UK Anyone who claims any interest in practical grammar and its relationship to theoretical grammar should certainly familiarise themselves with it. -- Studies in Second Language Acquisition This is a must if one is to study functional linguistics. -- Dr E Ventola, University of Salzburg 20041217 'Very complete - best textbook for functional grammar.' -- Prof C Sionis, La Rochell University 20041217 This book does what it sets out to do - it presents a (very detailed) introduction to (systemic) functional grammar ... The book is well signposted, with clear chapter headings and section subheadings. There is also extensive cross-referencing between sections throughout ... I recommend this book to readers who want to understand what systemic-functional grammar offers to text analysis. -- Elaine W. Vine, NZSAL 20041217
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...an invaluable presentation of, and rationale for, the central descriptive apparatus of Halliday's systemic-functional grammar of English...essential reading for all students of English textual structure, teeming with insights. (Michael Toolan, University of Birmingham, UK )
Anyone who claims any interest in practical grammar and its relationship to theoretical grammar should certainly familiarise themselves with it. (Studies in Second Language Acquisition )
This is a must if one is to study functional linguistics. (Dr E Ventola, University of Salzburg )
'Very complete - best textbook for functional grammar.' (Prof C Sionis, La Rochell University )
Anyone who claims any interest in practical grammar and its relationship to theoretical grammar should certainly familiarise themselves with it. (Studies in Second Language Acquisition )
This is a must if one is to study functional linguistics. (Dr E Ventola, University of Salzburg )
'Very complete - best textbook for functional grammar.' (Prof C Sionis, La Rochell University )
This book does what it sets out to do - it presents a (very detailed) introduction to (systemic) functional grammar ... The book is well signposted, with clear chapter headings and section subheadings. There is also extensive cross-referencing between sections throughout ... I recommend this book to readers who want to understand what systemic-functional grammar offers to text analysis.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The third edition of "An Introduction to Functional Grammar" presents an updated and accurate account of Systemic Linguistics and its applications to Language Studies. Far from being a complex book, this grammar introduces the reader to a wide range of key aspects of english and its open-ended linguistic questions about clause structure, meaning, and use. So rather than being complex, it is complete. In a threefold perspective, this book depicts language as the realization of a system of linguistic choices as writers or speakers interact with people (interpersonal function) and represent their social and cultural experiences (ideational function) through texts (textual function). What is more, Halliday's and Matthiessen's grammar also presents a fully comprehensive account of clause complexes (noun groups, verbal groups, and coordination and subordination), cohesion (the linkage between lexis, clauses, texts and discourse) and metaphorical modes of expression (language used in its normal structure or metaphorically). It is undoubtedly a very useful resource for Critical Discourse Analysts, Language Teachers, Translators, Corpus Linguists and several qualified professionals who study language and/or live by it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is quite a technical book for students of English language. The focus is on grammar and I really think it's more than an 'Introduction' since there is a lot in it that seems very advanced. It's one to work through slowly as some of the concepts are very complex and you need to work them out before they click. It's a set book for one of the Open University English Language modules.
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A grammar that's about Meaning
29 Mar 2003
Format:Paperback
Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar, now in its revised and improved Second Edition, is the best book you can read if you want to understand how English grammar is a resource for making meaning. Most formal grammar is just about syntax -- how words get put together grammatically, with no consideration of how people use language to communicate a meaning. This book has been the basis for many of the most successful applications of linguistics to education, language teaching, and studies of culture, communication, mass media, politics, etc. It's a book to read, use, and keep.
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Don't be a stranger
23 May 2000
Format:Paperback
It often happens when you read an introduction into a linguistic theory, whichever linguistic theory, that you lose track somewhere halfway page 3 or so. The terminology that gets thrown at you is confusing and before you know it you decide that you are not a welcome visitor in this particular area of linguistics. That is one thing that will not happen to you when reading Halliday's Introduction into Systemtic Functional Grammar. The book is clear, well-written and provides a lot of examples which are analyzed in detail. With regard to the theory that is discussed in the book, one may feel compelled to attack the necessity of some of the concepts that Halliday has thought up; one may want to contest the definition of other concepts (especially the concept of Theme is heatedly debated), or one may want to vehemently disagree with their application (I certainly do at times). But when you are looking for a quick and clear introduction into this theory (for instance, because you would like to join the discussion on Theme), this is the book to get your hands on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Good Intro
7 May 2007
Format:Paperback
An accessible introduction to systemic functional linguistics. My linguistics professor calls this book "the Bible." :)
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