Bateman; course: evaluation and appraisal

This is the website for the course on appraisal, evaluation and interpersonal meaning

John Bateman; WiSe 02/03

ANYONE WHO MISSED THE FIRST SESSION OF THIS COURSE AND WISHES TO ATTEND SHOULD EMAIL ME HERE BEFORE THE NEXT SESSION!

Material will be placed here during the course; this will include both pointers to further readings and texts for analysis.The website does not replace the course and will only include additional or supportive material.

To begin, we need some basic tools for analysing texts, for taking them apart into their constitutive bits and pieces, so as to examine more closely how they are working.The readings describing the basic tools are in the copyshop on campus. They are in the folder named "Functional Grammar Basics" with my name on it. The introductory reading relevant for this course is as follows.

The following texts contain basic information about how to recognise and divide up clauses for a functional analysis. This is a prerequisite for all further work. They are ordered in increasing detail.

Structuring language for use: Chapter from: Droga, L. and Humphrey, S. Getting started with functional grammar. Berry, NSW Australia: Target Texts.

Towards a functional grammar; Chapter from: Butt, D., Fahey, R., Spinks, S. and Yallop, C. (2001) Using Functional Grammar: an Explorer's Guide, Australia : National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University. [a ang 116 r/424]

The following, more extensive, chapter contains the first split of structure according to different language functions, or metafunctions.

Getting started with functional analysis of texts. Chapter by Louse Ravelli from: Unsworth, L., (ed.) Researching language in schools and communities: functional linguistic perspectives, London : Cassell.

Basic Grammatical Resources for Appraisal and Interpersonal Meaning

These chapters provide more detailed views of the structures that belong to the interpersonal metafunction.

Interaction in the clause: the interpersonal metafunction. Chapter 4 in: Thompson, G. (1996) Introducing Functional Grammar, London : Edward Arnold. pp38-73.

The grammar of interpersonal meaning: mood. Chapter 6 in: Eggins, S. (1994) An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. pp146-197.

Two texts to practise your understanding of the above are here (Text A) and here (Text B).