Language as behaviour, language as code : a study of academic English / Lynne Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Lynne.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 8.

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers--Social aspects.

English language.

Interdisciplinary approach in education--Social aspects.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

English language--Social aspects.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Language as behavior, language as code

Language, behaviour and code

Language as behavior, language as code.

Language, behaviour and code.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work arose from the desire to teach foreign students in North America a particular variety of language used in their disciplines (speech situations), whereupon the inadequacy or non-existence of previous study became apparent. Given this raison d'être, the work first illustrates one approach to the analysis of language in order to test whether something of significance can be said about the typology of texts and discourse. The approach chosen is Systemic Functional Grammar, with its roots in the Prague School of Linguistics and the London School of J.R. Firth.

Contents:

LANGUAGE AS BEHAVIOUR, LANGUAGE AS CODE A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Chapter 1: The Social Functional Linguistic Tradition and Approach; Diagram 1: Communication linguistics model of language; Chapter 2: Analysis; PART ONE: SITUATING THE ANALYSIS; PART TWO: PHASAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 3: Results; PART ONE: REGISTERIAL CONSTRUCTS; PART TWO: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SPOKEN DISCOURSES AND WRITTEN TEXTS; Chapter 4: Conclusion; PART ONE: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE MODEL OF ANALYSIS

PART TWO: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; Appendix 1: Transitivity System; Appendix 2: Mood System; Appendix 3: Chart of E.R. Ewer's Modals; Appendix 4: Charts of Phasal Characteristics: Discourses and Texts; Appendix 5: Transcripts of Discourses and Texts; Appendix 6: Discourse and Text Phases; Appendix 7: Sample Worksheet for Analysis; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-17421-9

9786613174215

90-272-8327-3

OCLC:

741492869