A Systemic Functional Grammar of French From Grammar to Discourse [Hardcover]

'[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.

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