An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English: A Systemic Functional Approach

by Michael Cummings

Book Overview

This book applies the techniques of systemic functional grammar to the description of the Old English historical dialect, 650-1150 CE. Systemic functional grammar is an approach to the description of language which distinguishes three separate functions in communication: language as representation, language as attitude, and language as the construction of text. Most applications of systemic functional theory have concentrated on modern English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184553364X
• ISBN13: 9781845533649
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"