English text: system and structure

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to text forming resources in English, along with practical procedures for analysing English texts and relating them to their contexts of use. It has been designed to complement functional grammars of English, building on the generation of discourse analysis inspired by Halliday and Hasan's Cohesion in English. The analyses presented were developed within three main theoretical and applied contexts: (i) educational linguistics (especially genre-based lit…

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Full title :English text : system and structure / by J.R. Martin.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1992.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:1992.

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Description:1 online resource (xiv, 620 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027274045, 9027274045
oclc:ocn624462152
LC Classification:PE1422
Dewey Decimal:420/.141

ENGLISH TEXTSystem and Structure; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Discourse semantics: A proposal for triple articulation; 1.1 A context for discourse analysis; 1.2 System and structure; 1.3 The metafunctional organisation of meaning; 1.3.1 Metafunction and system; 1.3.2 Metafunction and structure; 1.4 Stratification; 1.5 Discourse structure; 1.6 Discourse systems; NOTES; 2. Negotiation: Shaping meaning through dialogue; 2.1 MOOD -- basic resources for negotiation; 2.2 SPEECH FUNCTION and MOOD: adjacency pairs; 2.3 EXCHANGE STRUCTURE.