A Systemic Functional Grammar of French: From Grammar to Discourse

by Alice Caffarel-Cayron

Overview

'[The] consistent interplay between theoretical and applied pursuits has always been a defining feature of systemic functional theory... This kind of mutual enrichment is clearly demonstrated in Alice Caffarel's work. The result is a description which penetrates to the heart of the language, revealing it at one and the same time as a specimen of the human semiotic and a unique resource for the continuous creation of meaning.'

Professor M A K Halliday, from the Preface.
'[The] consistent interplay between theoretical and applied pursuits has always been a defining feature of systemic functional theory... This kind of mutual enrichment is clearly demonstrated in Alice Caffarel's work. The result is a description which penetrates to the heart of the language, revealing it at one and the same time as a specimen of the human semiotic and a unique resource for the continuous creation of meaning.'

Professor M A K Halliday, from the Preface.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826466327
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/27/2006
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Dr Alice Caffarel is Senior Lecturer in the Department of French Studies at the University of Sydney.

M. A. K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australis.

Table of Contents

Foreword by M A K HallidayAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Systemic Functional Theory as a Metalanguage for Description2. The Grammar of Ideation 1: Logical Metafunction3. The Grammar of Ideation 2: Experiential Metafunction4. The Grammar of Negotiation: Interpersonal Metafunction5. The 'Enabling' Grammar: Textual MetafunctionGlossary

Editorial Reviews

"In the volume's foreword, Michael Halliday, the foremost SF linguist, claims that Caffarel's work will interest three different groups of readers: (a) readers already familiar with SF but unfamiliar with French lexicogrammar, (b) readers already familiar with French but unfamiliar with SF, and (c) readers interested in a typological approach to linguistic metafunctions. In my opinion, the work is most appropriate for the first group of readers... this volume seems best suited for readers already familiar with discourse-oriented or usage-based grammar, either in terms of SF grammar or another framework, such as cognitive grammar or construction grammar." - Carl S. Blyth, MLJ Reviews, (Modern Language Journal), Vol. 92 No. 3, 2008--Sanford Lakoff

"Readers unfamiliar with SF grammar's functional framework and its technical terminology will find this text challenging indeed. Furthermore, although Caffarel does comment about linguistic typology on occasion, there is little attempt to contrast French with other languages." -Carl S. Blyth, MLJ Reviews, (Modern Language Journal), Vol. 92 No. 3, 2008

'[The] consistent interplay between theoretical and applied pursuits has always been a defining feature of systemic functional theory... This kind of mutual enrichment is clearly demonstrated in Alice Caffarel's work. The result is a description which penetrates to the heart of the language, revealing it at one and the same time as a specimen of the human semiotic and a unique resource for the continuous creation of meaning.' Professor M A K Halliday, from the Preface

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