This text explores ways in which English grammar enables speakers and writers to represent the world, to interact with one another, and to create coherent messa

This collection presents a number of studies in the lexico-grammar of English which focus on the one hand on close reading of language in context and on the oth

A practical step-by-step introduction to the analysis of English grammar, taking an integrated approach to function and structure.

A step-by-step introduction to lexical-functional grammar, using data from English and a range of typologically diverse languages.

Providing a simple – but not simplistic – introduction to the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) of English, this book serves as a launching pad for the begi