TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson, Geoff,
TI  - Introducing functional grammar
SN  - 9781444152678
AV  - P147 .T48 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - LANGUAGE, ARTS AND DISCIPLINE
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter1. The purpose of linguistic analysis -- Chapter2. Identifying clauses and clause constituents -- Chapter3. An overview of functional grammar -- Chapter4. Interacting: the interpersonal metafunction -- Chapter5. Representing the world: the experimental metafunction -- Chapter6. Organizing the message: the textual metafunction- Theme -- Chapter7. Clauses in combination -- Chapter8. Organizing the message: The textual metafunction- cohesion -- Chapter9. Grammatical metaphor -- Chapter10. Implications and applications of functional grammar
N2  - 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
ER  -