Text linguistics : the how and why of meaning / M.A.K. Halliday and Jonathan J. Webster.
Material type: TextSeries: Equinox textbooks and surveys in linguisticsPublisher: Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 427 pages ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1904768474
- 9781904768470
- 1904768482
- 9781904768487
- 420.143 23
- P325 .H25 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: a functional approach -- Part Two: text and texture -- Part Three: case studies in text linguistics -- --
Part One: a functional approach -- 1. Functions and components of language -- 2. Experiential systems -- 3. Material, mental and verbal processes -- 4. Relational processes -- 5. Participants and circumstances -- 6. Things and 'meta-things' -- 7. Modality in English:'Modals and pseudo-modals' -- -- Part Two: text and texture -- 8. Textual meaning -- 9. Rhetorical structure of texts -- -- Part Three: case studies in text linguistics -- 10. Stepping into meaning: a case study of Billy Graham's address at the National Prayer and Memorial Service at the Episcopal National Cathedral on 14 September 2001 -- 11. Visualising the architeXture of the text: analysing Obama's first inaugural address and Nixon's second inaugural address -- 12. Arriving at a theory of the text: a case study of the commencement addresses delivered by Steve Jobs and Susan Rice.
"Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Believing the best way to learn about text linguistics is through the analysis of full texts, the author includes analyses of texts, both spoken and written, drawn from a variety of genres, including examples of religious and political discourse. In the first section, the author provides an overview suitable to those who are new to the theory and methodology of Systemic Functional Grammar and Rhetorical Structure Theory. Building on this foundation, section two presents the findings from several case studies in text analysis, demonstrating how to conduct indepth functional-semantic analysis of selected texts. This second section will benefit both beginners and those who have already had some background in the study of linguistics. Text Linguistics is the ideal choice for those who are learning about text linguistics, and functional approaches to language study."--Back cover.
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