The Development of Language: Functional Perspectives on Species and Individuals (Open Linguistics) - Hardcover
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Geoff Williams is Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Sydney. He is widely known for his research in children's literacy development. Annabelle Lukin is a PhD scholar at Macquarie University's Centre for Language in Social Life.
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This book's major themes are highly integrated across the various contributions, reflecting faithfully the rich complexity of such a holistic model of language as SFL. The methods of study (naturalistic and contextualized), the major concepts - system and semiosis, function as metafunction, dimensionalism, and the role of context in relation to meaning and the individual - and the applications of these notions to domains like education, primate studies and psychology, are all woven together into a satisfying and challenging whole. The book is stimulating without being over reliant on arcane terminology, and it also keeps open the possibilities for further development and modification of this approach to language.'~ W. N. Winser, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide, Australia (W.N. Winser)
This book's major themes are highly integrated across the various contributions, reflecting faithfully the rich complexity of such a holistic model of language as SFL. The methods of study (naturalistic and contextualized), the major concepts - system and semiosis, function as metafunction, dimensionalism, and the role of context in relation to meaning and the individual - and the applications of these notions to domains like education, primate studies and psychology, are all woven together into a satisfying and challenging whole. The book is stimulating without being over reliant on arcane terminology, and it also keeps open the possibilities for further development and modification of this approach to language.'~ W. N. Winser, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide, Australia (Sanford Lakoff)
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