Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics

Suzanne Eggins

ISBN 10: 082645786X / ISBN 13: 9780826457868

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2004

About this Item

This edition incorporates several important developments within systemic linguistics, including a new chapter on the logical relations of the clause complex, and discussion of the application of systemic linguistics to the analysis of multi-modal texts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082645786X
• ISBN 13: 9780826457868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2Rev Ed.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 16.99W x 2.09H x 24.41D centimeters 16.99 centimeters width by 2.09 centimeters height by 24.41 centimeters depth
• Weight: 702 grams

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Synopsis

New edition of a best-selling 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 organised 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.

With its systemic theory of the relationship between language and context, systemic linguistics has applications in many fields where an understanding of how language functions to transmit social structure is important, in , for example, language education, cultural studies, stylistics, and women's studies. The book provides an accessible first step into systemics for those who wish to equip themselves with the conceptual and practical tools to analyse and explain how people make meanings with each other in everyday contexts.

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.