Providing a simple – but not simplistic – introduction to the Systemic Functional Grammar of English, this book serves as a launching pad for the beginning student or a review for the more seasoned linguist.

ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Some introductory remarks to get us started.SummaryChapter 2. Grammatical parts and how they work together.Analysing a more extended example.SummaryActivities & 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;SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 4. The speaker’s relationships.Mood.Analysing a more extended example.Modality.Speech Acts.SummaryActivities & 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.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 6. Extending the interpersonal metafunction.Attitude.Analysing a more extended example.Engagement.Graduation.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 7. Modelling the text.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 8. The text in context.SummaryActivities & Exercises Chapter 9. Final thoughts: a launching pad.Further Reading.Glossary.Key to Activities & Exercises.Index.