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20.10.2008 |
Orientation:
what is grammatical close reading and why should it work?
Introduction and first activities:
- What's happening in this text from a famous daily newspaper... ? (pdf)
- Metafunctions
- Quarry Text (pdf)
- Overheads (ppt)
Reading:
- Bateman, J. (2004) Introduction to applying linguistics. Chapter 2:
'Places where meanings hide: a more detailed look at texts and their
properties'. pdf
- Butt et al (2001) Using functional grammar: an explorer's guide.
Macquarie: NCELTR. Extract: "Towards a functional grammar".
pp22-44.
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| 2 |
27.10.2008 |
Ideational
meanings:
who did what to whom when—but this time linguistically!
Material and activities:
- Functional structure (ppt)
- The transitivity system: process types, evidence and analysis
- Text for working on in class (jpg)
Homework:
- Analysis of the 'prisoner text' (pdf)
Reading:
- Thompson (1996) Introducing functional grammar. London: Arnold.
Chapter 5: "Representing the world: the experiential metafunction",
pp76-116
- Butt et al (2001) Using functional grammar: an explorer's guide.
Macquarie: NCELTR. Chapter 3: "How speakers represent the
world". pp45-83.
[a
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| 3 |
3.11.2008 |
Using
ideational analysis for text interpretation—practice
Exercises:
- The prisoner text: analysed according to clauses
- How do we recognise clauses?
- Common problems: when clauses combine...
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| 4 |
10.11.2008
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Ideational
analysis—grammatical evidence
- How do we recognise process types using grammatical tests
- materials,
- mentals
- and verbals
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| 5 |
17.11.2008 |
Ideational
analysis—setting out analyses
- The prisoner text: analysed according to process types
- Relational clauses
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| 6 |
24.11.2008 |
Ideational
analysis—interpreting transitivity ideologically
- Combining analyses for ideological interpretation
- Setting out analyses
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| 7 |
1.12.2008 |
Ideational
analysis—interpreting transitivity ideologically
- Prisoner Text summary
- Some further examples
- Ergative & Transitive Analyses
- Texts for analysis from a literary work: handouts
Activity:
- Method and goals of analysis
- Division into groups
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| 8 |
8.12.2008 |
Stylistics
and transitivity: reports on analysis
Activity:
- The relation between linguistic choices and style
Material
Homework
- Agent/Medium/Range counts for The Inheritors' texts
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| 9 |
15.12.2008 |
Interpersonal
meaning: negotiating and evaluating
Activity:
- Text analysis (link)
- Varying affect (pdf)
- Discussion of practical work and analysis for after the break and
Hausarbeiten
Reading:
- Halliday, M.A.K. (1971) Linguistic function and literary style: an
enquiry into the language of William Golding's 'The Inheritors'. In:
Chatman, S. (ed.) Literary style: a symposium. London: Oxford
University Press. (pdf)
[a asl 450 i/31]
- Thompson (1996) Introducing functional grammar. London: Arnold.
Chapter 4: "Interaction in the clause: the interpersonal metafunction"
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| Christmas break |
| 10 |
5.1.2008 |
Reading
Week for English-Speaking Cultures |
| 11 |
12.1.2009 |
Representing
functional choices as system networks
- Paradigmatic vs Syntagmatic functional descriptions (overheads)
- Network of the paradigmatic view of transitivity in the clause (pdf)
- Tools for working with networks of choice (overheads)
- Analysis methods
- Presentation of practical work and projects for Hausarbeiten
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| 12 |
19.1.2009 |
Problem
discussion
arranged for 11am |
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Analysis
Reports and Discussion of Problems:
Hausarbeit preparation
Remember: meetings for specific topics can be arranged at any time by
email and will be announced here!
- online
reports
- suggestion
of problems and topics to be reviewed
- presentation
of partial results and hypotheses
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| 13 |
26.1.2009 |
No
proposals to meet received. |
| 14 |
2.2.2009 |
Last
discussion of any issues arising at 10:15am. Form and structure of reports,
etc. |
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