Overview

This volume, based on papers delivered at the 7th International Systemic Functional Workshop in Valencia in 1995, explores some of the choices open to speakers and writers for the expression of meaning in different socio-cultural contexts. Many of the papers draw inspiration from models of language developed by Michael Halliday and, in particular, recent theories of variation in relation to texts and genres explored by Halliday and his followers. There is an emphasis on the interdependence and interaction of linguistic choices across sentence boundaries and speaking turns and a consistent focus across many papers on the importance of lexicogrammar in the construction of texts. Several papers examine the differences between native-speaker and non-native-speaker choices in speech and writing.

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Author:   Antonia Sánchez-Macarro (Universitat de València) ,  Ronald Carter (University of Nottingham) ,  Gunther Kress
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   158
Weight:   0.785kg
ISBN:  

9789027236630

ISBN 10:   9027236631
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   15 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Foreword; 2. Introduction; 3. Meaning as work: Individuals, society and the production of representational resources (by Kress, Gunther); 4. I Written Genres; 5. Resonance in text (by Thompson, Geoff); 6. Conditional expressions: Meanings and realizations in two genres (by Bloor, Thomas); 7. Pragmatic, stylistic and grammatical limitations on choice: A study of cause-effect signalling in English (by Jordan, Michael P.); 8. Functional variations in NG premodifiers in written English (by Lopez-Folgado, Vicente); 9. Information progression strategies in administrative forms: A cross-linguistic study (by Downing, Angela); 10. Interpersonal choices in academic work (by Ventola, Eija); 11. The consequences of choice: Discursive positioning in an art institution (by Ravelli, Louise J.); 12. Lexical and grammatical choices in innovative language use in computer science (by Bloor, Meriel); 13. Scientific discourse as interaction: Scientific articles vs. popularizations (by Garces-Conejos, Pilar); 14. Rhetorical relations and subordination in L2 writing (by Pelsmaekers, Katja); 15. II Spoken Genres; 16. Quality choice and quality control (by Tucker, Gordon H.); 17. Modality in the therapeutic dialogue (by Chambon, Adrienne); 18. The conversational dynamics of interactional dispute in conflictive calls for emergency assistance: A single case study (by Perez-Gonzalez, Luis); 19. Friends or strangers: Only their phases show for sure (by Malcolm, Karen); 20. Lars Porsena and my bonk manager: A systemic-functional study in the semogenesis of the language of swearing (by Veltman, Robert); 21. Intonation choices in the English of non-native speakers: An exploratory study (by Hewings, Martin); 22. Index of subjects; 23. Index of names

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