Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Contributors xiii
4. Introduction xix
5. Comprehensive bibliography of books and articles by M.A.K. Halliday xxiii
6. 1. Starting Points
7. Sentence patterns and predicate classes 3
8. On two starting points of communication 23
9. The position of Czech linguistics in theme-focus research 47
10. J.R. Firth in retrospect 57
11. Daniel Jones’ “classical” model of pronunciation training 69
12. The Linguistic Sciences and Language Teaching revisited 79
13. 2. Langauge Development
14. “Don’t you get bored speaking only English?” — Expressions of meta-linguistic awareness in a bilingual child 85
15. Toward practical theory 105
16. Development of referential cohesion in a child’s monologues 119
17. Exploring the textual properties of “proto-reading” 137
18. Before speaking 163
19. Sharing makes sense 177
20. The development of conversation 201
21. 3. Sign, Context and Change
22. Today 229
23. For Michael Halliday 231
24. George Herbert’s Love III and its many mansions 233
25. The past and prejudice 245
26. Writing systems and language change in English 257
27. On the major diseases of linguistics with some suggested cures and antidotes 269
28. “Breaking the Seal of Time” 281
29. The use of systemic linguistics in translation analysis and criticism 293
30. Le graphémique et l’iconique dans le message 305
31. Order and entropy in natural language 315
32. Sign and signifex 333
33. The practice and theory of translation 347
34. 4. Language Around the World
35. Grammatical relations, semantic roles and topic-comment structure in a New Guinea Highland language 355
36. Toward a bilingual dictionary of idioms 367
37. Mind your language 379
38. Communicative functions of particles in Singapore English 391
39. Place-name study in Japan 403
40. Teaching English as a second language in India 417
41. The impersonal verb construction in Australian languages 425
42. Semantics and world view in languages of the Santa Cruz Archipelago, Solomon Islands 439
43. References 453