1st Edition
A Systemic Functional Grammar of French A Simple Introduction
By David Banks
Copyright 2017
120 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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A Systemic Functional Grammar of French provides an accessible introduction to systemic functional linguistics through French. This concise introduction to the systemic functional grammar (SFG) framework provides illustrations throughout that highlight how the framework can be used to analyse authentic language texts. This will be of interest to students in alternative linguistic... Read more
Chapter 1. By way of introduction Chapter 2. Encoding language: lexicogrammatical functions Chapter 3. Representing the world: the ideational metafunction Chapter 4. Creating relationships: the interpersonal metafunction Chapter 5. Ordering the text: the textual metafunction Chapter 6. Going beyond the text: register Chapter 7. Moulding the text: grammatical metaphor Chapter 8. Expanding the interpersonal metafunction: Appraisal Theory Chapter 9. Signing off, but not closing down
Biography
David Banks is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France.
"This book is an exemplar of distilling a complex theoretical approach to language and supporting further exploration." - Lindsy L. Myers, University of Missouri, Kansas City
