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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454098703321

Titolo

Language and literacy : functional approaches / / edited by Rachel Whittaker, Mick O'Donnell and Anne McCabe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-4411-1994-9

1-282-30993-5

9786612309939

1-4411-1139-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Classificazione

05.12

Disciplina

410.18

415

Soggetti

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Systemic grammar

Language and education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; An introduction to language and literacy; Part One: Development of the SFL Literacy Approach; Part Two: SFL Approaches to Literacy in Educational Systems around the World; Part Three: SFL Approaches to Literacy across Disciplines; Index of Terms; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the relationship between language and literacy from a systemic functional perspective. The book starts with a retrospective view on the development of language education practices, written by eminent linguistics Michael Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan, and then shows how this approach is implemented today. The second section presents a detailed analysis of how considerations of literacy education are approached in educational systems around the world. The contributors examine issues such as metadiscourse, genre, cultural



politics, and how systemic functional grammar can help to

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910715028003321

Titolo

Proceedings of the EPA/Industry Emissions Testing Practices Symposium Dynamometer Calibration and Characteristics : August 16, 1979, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. / / written and compiled by Don Paulsell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Michigan : , : [United States Environmental Protection Agency], , 1979

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (approximately 180 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

PaulsellC. Don

Soggetti

Dynamometer - Quality control

Dynamometer - Calibration

Automobiles - Motors - Exhaust gas - Measurement - Standards

Motor vehicles - Motors - Testing - Standards

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Held at: EPA Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105."

Attachments include reports with data tables submitted to symposium.

Report number assigned by the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP); 420S77106.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.