Text Type and Texture (Functional Linguistics): In Honour of Flo Davies - Softcover

Gail Forey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845539125 ISBN 13: 9781845539122

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,SW11, 2010

Synopsis

Texture - the quality that makes a text 'hang together' as a text - is a key focus of investigation in discourse analysis. This volume provides a systematic overview of recent research on textual resources that are used to construct texture, and on the ways in which these resources are deployed differently in different text types. Theme is the major resource that is explored in the first part of the book. The opening papers set out the current understanding of Theme and explore aspects of the concept which remain controversial in the field. This is followed by an examination of thematic choices in a range of text types. Issues raised include the different kinds of meanings appearing in Theme which are particularly significant for each genre, the ways in which these relate to the broader socio-cultural context, and the ways in which thematic choices interact with other kinds of texturing. In the second part of the collection, the scope widens to include an examination of other resources, particularly the contribution to texture made by patterns of interpersonal choices, in Theme and more broadly across texts as a whole. The volume closes with an overview and illustration of a methodological approach by which our understanding of texturing can be further extended.

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About the Author

Gail Forey is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She has contributed to a number of journals and edited volumes. Geoff Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool. He currently runs the MA in TESOL, and teaches courses on Functional Grammar and language teaching methodology. He has published an introductory book on Functional Grammar (second edition 2004), and co-edited (with Susan Hunston) System and Corpus: Exploring Connections (Equinox, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,SW11
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845539125
• ISBN 13: 9781845539122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Gail Forey, Geoff Thompson