Describing Language: Form and Function

by Sonia S. Hasan and Ruqaiya Hasan

Book Overview

How does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this book explore the nature of language, the relations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904768423
• ISBN13: 9781904768425
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"