TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coffin,Caroline
AU  - Donohue,Jim
AU  - North,Sarah
TI  - Exploring English grammar: from formal to functional 
SN  - 0415478154
AV  - PE1112 .C578 2009
U1  - 425 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Systemic grammar
KW  - Functionalism (Linguistics)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-445) and index; 1; From Formal to Functional Grammar --; 2; Talking about Procedures --; 3; Describing --; 4; Talking about the Past --; 5; Predicting and Hypothesising --; 6; From Communicative to Systemic Functional Grammar --; 7; Shaping a Text to Meet Social Purposes: Genre --; 8; Representing the World --; 9; Interacting and Taking a Position --; 10; Making a Text Flow
N2  - "This engaging textbook bridges the gap between traditional and functional grammar. Starting with a traditional approach, students will develop a firm grasp of traditional tools for analysis and learn how SFG (Systemic Functional Grammar) can be used to enrich the traditional formal approach. Using a problem-solving approach, readers explore how grammatical structures function in different contexts by using a wide variety of thought-provoking and motivating texts including advertisements, cartoons, phone calls and chatroom dialogue. Each chapter focuses on a real world issue or problem that can be investigated linguistically, such as "mis"-translation or problems arising from a communication disorder. By working on these problems, students will become equipped to understand and analyze formal and functional grammar in different genres and styles. With usable and accessible activities throughout, Exploring English Grammar is ideal for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language and linguistics."--Publisher
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