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Functional Grammatics: Re-conceptualizing knowledge about language and image for school English

Functional Grammatics: Re-conceptualizing knowledge about language and image for school English

by Len Unsworth (Contributor), Len Unsworth (Contributor), Carmel Sandiford (Contributor), Kristina Love (Contributor), Mary Macken-Horarik (Author)

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Synopsis

This book provides a re-conceptualization of grammar in a period of change in the communication landscape and widening disciplinary knowledge. Drawing on resources in systemic functional linguistics, the book envisions a `functional grammatics' relevant to disciplinary domains such as literary study, rhetoric and multimodality. It re-imagines the possibilities of grammar for school English through Halliday's notion of grammatics.

Functional Grammatics is founded on decades of research inspired by systemic functional linguistics, and includes studies of grammatical tools useful to teachers of English, research into visual and multimodal literacies and studies of the genre-grammar connection. It aims to be useful to the interpretation and composition of texts in school English, portable in design across texts and contexts and beneficial for language development.

The book will be of interest to researchers and teacher educators, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students and practicing teachers committed to evidence-based professional development.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 300
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 30 Sep 2017
ISBN 10: 1138948055
ISBN 13: 9781138948051

Media Reviews

Vibrant, practical, research informed - this book will have a home on the shelves of educational linguists and classroom teachers alike. It will be the `go to' resource for creative teachers who want to inspire and enthuse young learners about the rich versatility of language as a meaning-making resource.

Debra Myhill, Professor of Education, University of Exeter, and Director of the Centre for Research in Writing

Author Bio
Mary Macken-Horarik is a Senior Research Fellow in the Learning Sciences Institute Australia (LSIA) at the Australian Catholic University, Australia. Kristina Love is a Professor of Education at the Australian Catholic University, Australia. Carmel Sandiford is a Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Len Unsworth is Professor in English and Literacies Education at the Learning Sciences Institute Australia (LSIA) at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.