02941nam 2200637 450 991081166480332120230828233104.01-283-20516-597866132051621-4411-2379-2(CKB)2670000000106624(EBL)742633(OCoLC)745866104(SSID)ssj0000523169(PQKBManifestationID)11345594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523169(PQKBWorkID)10543323(PQKB)11306412(MiAaPQ)EBC742633(EXLCZ)99267000000010662420140514h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistorical discourse the language of time, cause, and evaluation /Caroline CoffinLondon ;New York, New York :Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (225 p.)Continuum Discourse SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84706-573-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: why history?; 2 The systemic functional linguistic approach to discourse analysis; 3 The role of the recording genres; 4 The role of the explaining and arguing genres; 5 Learning historically valued representations of time; 6 Building different types of causal explanations; 7 Responding to, judging and assessing past events; 8 Educational implications and applications; Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexHistorical Discourse analyses the importance of the language of time, cause and evaluation in both texts which students at secondary school are required to read, and their own writing for assessment. In contrast to studies which have denied that history has a specialised language, Caroline Coffin demonstrates through a detailed study of historical texts, that writing about the past requires different genres, lexical and grammatical structures. In this analysis, language emerges as a powerful tool for making meaning in historical writing. Presupposing no prior knowledge of systemic functional lContinuum discourse series.HistoriographyHistoryStudy and teachingApplied linguisticsFunctionalism (Linguistics)Discourse analysisHistoriography.HistoryStudy and teaching.Applied linguistics.Functionalism (Linguistics)Discourse analysis.900.14Coffin Caroline1958-530472MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811664803321Historical discourse4096804UNINA