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Text Linguistics: The How and Why of Meaning by M. A. K. Halliday, Jonathan Webster (Paperback, 2014)

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Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Believing the best way to learn about text lingusitics is through the analysis of full texts, the author includes analyses of texts, both spoken and written, drawn from a variety of genres, including examples of religious and political discourse. In the first section, the author provides an overview suitable to those who are new to the theory and methodology of Systemic Functional Grammar and Rhetorical Structure Theory. Building on this foundation, section two presents the findings from several case studies in text analysis, demonstrating how to conduct indepth functional-semantic analysis of selected texts. This second section will benefit both beginners and those who already have some background in the study of linguistics. Text Linguistics is the ideal choice for those who are learning about text linguistics, and functional approaches to language study.

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PublisherEquinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN-139781904768487
eBay Product ID (ePID)178152429

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Book TitleText Linguistics: the How and Why of Meaning
AuthorM. A. K. Halliday, Jonathan Webster
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
Number of Pages436 Pages

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Item Height244 mm
Item Width169 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorM. A. K. Halliday, Jonathan Webster
Series TitleEquinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics

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