Reviews for Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics Through the Cardiff Grammar: An Extension and Simplification of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar

The average rating for Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics Through the Cardiff Grammar: An Extension and Simplification of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-01 00:00:00 Crystal Cline Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) was originally developed by Michael Halliday, but the syntactic side of the theory has remained fairly unchanged since the 1970s, as the main practitioners have moved into other fields. Robin Fawcett has developed the syntax and thereby added numerous corrections to the original proposals. In this book he devotes lengthy footnotes, some extending to as many as three pages (!), to the contrasts with Halliday's writings, and it is clear from many passages that Robin is frustrated that his detailed and thoroughly work has not found more of an echo among scholars in SFL. As a grammar nut myself, I found this book very worthwhile, even though it is (except for the footnotes) intended for beginners: there are a number of ideas that are definitely worth pursuing.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-04 00:00:00 Lynn Collis A textbook, but well written for anyone with a serious interest in dictionary creation.