Language, context, and text: aspects of language in a social-semiotic perspective

Autori

• M. A. K. Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday
• Ruqaiya Hasan

Parametri

• 126 pagine
• 5 ore di lettura

• Linguistica
• Semiotica

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

This study deals with the linguistic study of texts as a way of understanding how language functions in its immensely varied range of social contexts. The authors adopt a functional approach to language, in which the different registers or functional varieties of a language are explained byreference to the different contexts in which they occur. Their analysis reveals how, on the one hand, each text is unique, while on the other, the way a text is organized and the kinds of coherence it displays are closely related to the place and the value that it has in its social and culturalenvironment.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1985

(In brossura)