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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454129003321

Autore

Ghadessy Mohsen <1935->

Titolo

Text and Context in Functional Linguistics [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999

ISBN

1-282-16380-9

9786612163807

90-272-9967-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory ; 169

Disciplina

410.18

Soggetti

Context (Linguistics)

Discourse analysis

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Philology & Linguistics

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TEXT AND CONTEXT IN FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Foreword; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Notion of "Context" in Language Education; Chapter 2. Modelling context: A crooked path of progress in contextual linguistics; Chapter 3. Context in Dynamic Modelling; Chapter 4. Acting the part: Lexico-grammatical choices and contextual factors; Chapter 5. Textual Features and Contextual Factors for Register Identification; Chapter 6. Investigating Institutionalization in Context; Chapter 7. Context, Material Situation and Text

Chapter 8. Speaking with reference to ContextName Index; Subject Index; Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

Sommario/riassunto

The shift towards a sociolinguistic approach to the analysis of language in the last few decades has necessitated new definitions for a number of concepts that linguists have taken for granted for a long time. This volume attempts to demystify the important notions of 'text' and 'context' by providing clear definitions and examples within the



assumptions of Systemic Functional (SF) linguistics. After a discussion of the role and significance of context by three eminent SF linguists in section one, the influence of context on text is dealt with in section two 'From Context to Language'. Section