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An Introduction to Functional Grammar [Paperback]

Michael Halliday (Author), Christian Matthiessen (Author)
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Publication Date: 25 Jun 2004 | ISBN-10: 0340761679 | ISBN-13: 978-0340761670 | Edition: 3
This third edition of An Introduction to Functional Grammar has been extensively revised. While retaining the organization and coverage of the earlier editions, it incorporates a considerable amount of new material. This includes strengthening the grammar through the use of data from a large-scale corpus, upgrading the description throughout, and giving greater emphasis to the systemic perspective, in which grammaticalization is understood in the context of an overall model of language.



The approach taken in the book overcomes the distinction between theoretical and applied linguistics. The description of grammar is grounded in a comprehensive theory, but it is a theory which evolves in the process of being applied.

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Education; 3 edition (25 Jun 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340761679
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340761670
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 3 x 24.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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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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Michael Halliday is Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney
Christian Matthiessen is Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia
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4.0 out of 5 stars Taking this one slowly 23 Dec 2011
By Mrs. A. Cleave
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Language Beyond the Clause 14 Sep 2004
By Adail Rodrigues Jr.
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A grammar that's about Meaning 29 Mar 2003
By JLL - Published on Amazon.com
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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.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Don't be a stranger 23 May 2000
By "imarij" - Published on Amazon.com
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Intro 7 May 2007
By T. Bean - Published on Amazon.com
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An accessible introduction to systemic functional linguistics. My linguistics professor calls this book "the Bible." :)
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