A Systemic Functional Grammar of English

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Some introductory remarks to get us started.

Summary

Chapter 2. Grammatical parts and how they work together.

Analysing a more extended example.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 3. Representing the world.

The ideational metafunction.

Material process.

Mental process.

Relational process.

Verbal Process.

Existential process.

Oblique participants.

Analysing a more extended example;

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 4. The speaker's relationships.

Mood.

Analysing a more extended example.

Modality.

Speech Acts.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 5. Getting the message in order.

Thematic structure.

Analysing a more extended example.

Thematic progression.

Analysing a more extended example.

Information structure.

Analysing a more extended example.

Cohesion: reference.

Analysing a more extended example.

Cohesion: lexical chains.

Analysing a more extended example.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 6. Extending the interpersonal metafunction.

Attitude.

Analysing a more extended example.

Engagement.

Graduation.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 7. Modelling the text.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 8. The text in context.

Summary

Activities & Exercises

Chapter 9. Final thoughts: a launching pad.

Further Reading.

Glossary.

Key to Activities & Exercises.

Index.