An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics - Softcover

Eggins, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826453015 ISBN 13: 9780826453013

Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

This new edition of the best-selling An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics explores the social semiotic approach to language most closely associated with the work of Michael Halliday and his colleagues. An approach which views language as a strategic, meaning-making resource, systemic linguistics focuses on the analysis of authentic, everyday texts, and asks both how people use language to make meanings, and how language itself is organized to enable those meanings to be made. The book offers both an overview of systemic theory and illustrations of how systemic techniques can be applied in the analysis of everyday texts. Written for students who may have little or no formal knowledge of linguistics, it covers most of the major concepts in systemic linguistics. In addition, it introduces readers to Halliday's functional grammatical analysis of English clauses, and presents the essentials of the systemic analysis of cohesive patterns in text.

About this title

About the Author

Suzanne Eggins was Head of the School of English at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and now runs Textwork, where she is a professional writer and editor.

Review

"This book is certainly a welcome and valuable addition to the current literature both on introduction to systemic functional linguistics and on text analysis. I would certainly recommend this as the main textbook and/or reference book on introduction to systemic functional linguistics and/or systemic functional text analysis." —The Linguist list, May 2005 (The Linguist List)

'The new edition is significantly superior to its predecessor, one of the improvements being the overall structure and organization of the book...this volume presents the SFL framework clearly and convincingly...excellent in proposing a state of the art, rich and stimulating view of SFL' (Journal Of Sociolinguistics)

"This book is certainly a welcome and valuable addition to the current literature both on introduction to systemic functional linguistics and on text analysis. I would certainly recommend this as the main textbook and/or reference book on introduction to systemic functional linguistics and/or systemic functional text analysis." —The Linguist list, May 2005 (Sanford Lakoff)

Edition details

• Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826453015
• ISBN 13: 9780826453013
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240