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Text Linguistics: The How and Why of Meaning (EQUINOX TEXTBOOKS & SURVEYS IN LINGUISTICS)
Jonathan Webster
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Paperback. 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. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 436 pages, 11 figures, numerous tables and diagrams. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
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. This collaborative work between M.A.K. Halliday, the founder of Systemic Functional Linguistics, and Jonathan Webster, the editor of Halliday's eleven volume collected works, draws on a considerable body of Halliday's previously unpublished work, including lectures on fundamental concepts in Systemic-Functional Theory, to present a foundational overview ... Read more
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. This collaborative work between M.A.K. Halliday, the founder of Systemic Functional Linguistics, and Jonathan Webster, the editor of Halliday's eleven volume collected works, draws on a considerable body of Halliday's previously unpublished work, including lectures on fundamental concepts in Systemic-Functional Theory, to present a foundational overview ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics
Condition
New
Weight
752g
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768487
SKU
V9781904768487
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About Jonathan Webster
M.A.K. Halliday was born in Yorkshire in 1925. He was trained in Chinese for war service with the British army; studied in China, taught Chinese in Britain for a number of years, then moved into linguistics, becoming in 1965 Professor of General Linguistics at University College London. In 1975 he was appointed Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of ... Read more
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