Halliday培训讲义.pptVIP

Functional Grammar Halliday ●sees functions as particularly relevant to the analysis of text (by which he means everything that is said or written) ●defines a functional grammar as essentially a natural grammar, in the sense that everything in it can be explained. Halliday believes that language is what it is because it has to serve certain functions. In other word, social demand on language has helped to shape its structure. 语言之所以是语言，就是因为它必须提供某种功能。换言之，社会对语言的要求促使语言形成了自身的结构。 Children‘s learning of language Adults learning of language Language development in children as “the