A systemic functional grammar of French : from grammar to discourse / Alice Caffarel ; with a foreword by M.A.K. Halliday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caffarel, Alice.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

French language--Grammar.

French language.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

This is the first grammar of French to provide an overall account of the language from a systemic functional perspective. Alice Caffarel uses this approach to linguistics, pioneered by Michael Halliday, to provide a description of French grammar in terms of its meaning potential and realizations in structure. This grammar has been developed as a resource for discourse analysis (including the analysis of literary texts) and for understanding how French grammar makes meaning in different textual and contextual environments. The multi-perspectival approach presented here reveals a unique new way of looking at one of the world's most widely used international languages.

The book gives a comprehensive account of French grammar which is suitable for use by undergraduates, postgraduates and academics who wish to analyse texts of various registers, and researchers in systemic functional and French linguistics.

Contents:

1 Systemic functional theory as a metalanguage for description 4

2 The grammar of ideation (1): logical metafunction 20

3 The grammar of ideation (2): experiential metafunction 57

4 The grammar of negotiation: interpersonal metafunction 120

5 The 'enabling' grammar: textual metafunction 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-208) and index.

ISBN:

082646632X

OCLC:

60513119

Publisher Number:

9780826466327