This engaging textbook bridges the gap between traditional and functional
grammar. Starting with a traditional approach, students will develop a firm
grasp of traditional tools for analysis and learn how SFG (Systemic Functional
Grammar) can be used to enrich the traditional formal approach.
Using a problem-solving approach, readers explore how grammatical structures
function in different contexts by using a wide variety of thought-provoking and
motivating texts including advertisements, cartoons, phone calls and chatroom
dialogue. Each chapter focuses on a real world issue or problem that can be
investigated linguistically, such as "mis"-translation or problems arising from
a communication disorder. By working on these problems, students will become
equipped