Introducing Functional Grammar

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Title: Introducing Functional Grammar
Subtitle: 3rd Edition
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
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Book URL: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781444152678/

Author: Geoffrey Thompson

Hardback: ISBN:  9780415826303 Pages: 316 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781444152678 Pages: 316 Price: U.S. $ 42.95

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Introducing Functional Grammar, third edition, provides a user-friendly overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of the systemic functional grammar (SFG) model.

No prior knowledge of formal linguistics is required as the book provides: An opening chapter on the purpose of linguistic analysis, which outlines the differences between the two major approaches to grammar – functional and formal; An overview of the SFG model – what it is and how it works; Advice and practice on identifying elements of language structure such as clauses and clause constituents; Numerous examples of text analysis using the categories introduced, and discussion about what the analysis shows; Exercises to test comprehension, along with answers for guidance.

Introducing Functional Grammar remains the essential entry guide to Hallidayan functional grammar, for undergraduate and postgraduate students of language and linguistics.

The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis

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Title: The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis
Series Title: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
http://www.routledge.com/

Book URL: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415709781/

Editor: James Paul Gee
Editor: Michael Handford

Hardback: ISBN:  9780415551076 Pages: 694 Price: U.S. $ 225.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780415709781 Pages: 694 Price: U.S. $ 55.95

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Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis covers the major approaches to Discourse Analysis from Critical Discourse Analysis to Multimodal Discourse Analysis and their applications in key educational and institutional settings. The handbook is divided into six sections: Approaches to Discourse Analysis, Register and Genre, Developments in Spoken Discourse, Educational Applications, Institutional Applications and Identity, Culture and Discourse.

The chapters are written by a wide range of contributors from around the world, each a leading researcher in their respective field. All chapters have been closely edited by James Paul Gee and Michael Handford. With a focus on the application of Discourse Analysis to real-life problems, the contributors introduce the reader to a topic, and analyse authentic data.

The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis is vital reading for linguistics students as well as students of communication and cultural studies, social psychology and anthropology.

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