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050 _aPE 1128.A2 .L54 1996
100 _aLock, Graham.
_eauthor
245 0 _aFunctional english grammar :
_bAn introduction for second langauge teachers /
_cGraham Lock
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc1996
300 _axiii, 296 pages ;
_c23 cm.
365 _bUSD209.78
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aChapter1. Some basic concept -- Chapter2. Representing things I: Nouns and noun group -- Chapter3. Representing things II: More on noun group -- Chapter4. Doing and happening I: The transitivity of action processes -- Chapter5. Doing and happening II: Ergativity, phrasal verbs and phase -- Chapter6. Seeing, liking, thinking, wanting and saying: The transitivity of mental and verbal processes -- Chapter7. Being and having: The transitivity of relational and existential processes -- Chapter8. Representing time: Tense and temporal adjunctions -- Chapter9. Interaction: Speech acts and mood -- Chapter10. Expressing judgements and attitudes: Modal auxiliaries and modality -- Chapter11. Organizing message: Theme and focus -- Chapter12. Combining message: Complex sentences -- Chapter13. Issues in the learning and teaching of grammar .
520 _aThis book presents a functional approach to grammar -- that is, grammar is viewed as a resource for creating meaning in spoken and written discourse. This is very different from the view of grammar as a set of rules, rules that are to be applied even when they seem arbitrary.
650 _aENGLISH LANGUAGE
700 _aJack C. Richards
_eSeries editor
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_cBK
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