Structure and function, Part 2, From clause to discourse and beyond a guide to three major structural-functional theories - Butler, Christopher (John Benjamins, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
v. 1. Approaches to the simplex clause -- v. 2. From clause to discourse and beyond
Like its companion volume, this book offers a detailed description and comparison of three major structural-functional theories: Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar, illustrated throughout with corpus-derived examples from English and other languages. Whereas Part 1 confines itself largely to the simplex clause, Part 2 moves from the clause towards the discourse and its context. The first three chapters deal with the areas of illocution, information structuring (topic and focus, theme and rheme, given and new information, etc.), and clause combining w