Exploring Functional Grammar 2nd Edition

Exploring Functional Grammar ______________________________________

A course book by Maxine Lipson 2nd edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Series Editor Preface Ch. 1: General Information Ch. 2: Review Test Ch. 3: Functional Grammar: Principles and Important Aspects 3.1 Why Functional Grammar 3.2 Fundamental Concepts 3.3 Context of Culture and Context of Situation Keys and Further Reading Ch. 4: The Rank System: Words, Groups and Clauses 4.1 The Rank Scale 4.2 Embedding Keys and Further Reading Ch. 5: Tenor: MOOD SYSTEM and Interaction in the Clause 5.1 Interpersonal Meanings and the Clause as Exchange 5.2 Mood Elements 5.3 Modality 5.3.1 Modalization and Modulation 5.3.2 Orientation of Modality 5.3.3 Value 5.4 Grammatical Metaphor: Interpersonal Metaphors 5.4.1 Metaphors of Modality 5.4.2 Metaphors of Mood Keys and Further Reading Ch. 6: Field: TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM and Representing the World 6.1 Material Processes 6.2 Mental Processes 6.3 Verbal Processes 6.4 Behavioral Processes 6.5 Relational Processes 6.6 Existential Processes 6.7 Projecting Propositions/Proposals and Verbal Group Complexes 6.8 Causality 6.9 Summary and Exercises Keys and Further Reading Ch. 7: Grammatical Metaphor: Ideational Metaphors 7.1 Ideational Metaphor and Process Types 7.2 Ideational Metaphor and Nominalization Keys and Further Reading Ch. 8: APPRAISAL SYSTEMS 8.1 Attitude: Affect, Judgement, and Appreciation 8.2 Attendant APPRAISAL SYSTEMS: Graduation and Engagement 8.3 Summary and Exercises Keys Ch. 9: Mode: THEME/RHEME SYSTEM and the Realization of Textual Meanings 9.1 The Role of Language, the Channel of Communication, and Medium 9.2 The THEME SYSTEM

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9.2.1 Structural Cohesive Devices: Theme/Rheme 9.2.2 Structural Cohesive Devices: Grammatical Parallelism 9.2.3 Thematic Progression and Thematic Drift 9.3 Non-Structural Cohesive Devices Keys and Further Reading Appendix A: List of Common Attributive and Identifying Relational Processes Appendix B: Example of a Functional Grammar Test Bibliography and Acknowledgements Index

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