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On mood and speech function and the ‘why’ of text analysis: In honour of Margaret Berry
Edited by Lise Fontaine, Miriam Taverniers and Kristin Davidse
[Functions of Language 26:1] 2019
► pp. 64–85
Mood and speech function

Does functional linguistics have a ‘fundamental unity’?

Doing things with words in three structural-functional theories

| Swansea University | University of Huddersfield
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.What makes a theory a functionalist theory? A preliminary assessment
  • 3.The overall orientation of the three theories
  • 4.Doing things with words in the three theories
    • 4.1Systemic Functional Linguistics
    • 4.2Functional Discourse Grammar
    • 4.3Role and reference grammar
  • 5.Conclusion: A basic unity?
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 27 May 2019
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