Researching Language in Schools and Communities: Functional Linguistic Perspectives (Continuum Collection)

Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1 Developing socially responsible language research......Page 10
2 Getting started with functional analysis of texts......Page 36
3 Researching first language development in children......Page 74
4 Researching second and foreign language development......Page 96
5 Children\'s literature, children and uses of language description......Page 120
6 Researching everyday talk......Page 139
7 Socio-semantic variation: different wordings, different meanings......Page 161
8 The language of classroom interaction and learning......Page 193
9 Exploring reading processes......Page 213
10 Interpreting literature: the role of APPRAISAL......Page 231
11 Investigating subject-specific literacies in school learning......Page 254
12 Close reading: functional linguistics as a tool for critical discourse analysis......Page 284
C......Page 312
G......Page 314
I......Page 315
M......Page 316
P......Page 317
S......Page 318
T......Page 319
W......Page 320