Geoff Thompson †

Thompson, Geoff † 2015 Chapter 1. Pattern grammar and transitivity analysis Corpora, Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Susan Hunston, Groom, Nicholas, Maggie Charles and Suganthi John (eds.), pp. 21–42 | Article

This chapter focuses on transitivity as modelled in Systemic Functional Linguistics. In analysing transitivity, particular problems are raised by grammatical metaphor, where there is tension between the semantics and the lexicogrammar. Here, I first outline the ways in which grammatical metaphor is… read more

Alba-Juez, Laura and Geoff Thompson † 2014 The many faces and phases of evaluation Evaluation in Context, Thompson, Geoff † and Laura Alba-Juez (eds.), pp. 3–24 | Article

Berry, Margaret, Geoff Thompson † and Hilary Hillier 2014 Theme and variations Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez and Francisco Gonzálvez-García (eds.), pp. 107–126 | Article

There has been a great deal of interest recently in investigating the configurations of linguistic choices which characterise different registers. This chapter focuses on the particular area of patterns of thematic choice across registers. We bring together two traditions in register analysis:… read more

Thompson, Geoff † 2014 Intersubjectivity in newspaper editorials: Construing the reader-in-the-text Intersubjectivity and Intersubjectification in Grammar and Discourse: Theoretical and descriptive advances, Brems, Lieselotte, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 77–100 | Article

In this article, I take a discoursal perspective on intersubjectivity, exploring ways in which intersubjective meanings may be realized across texts, and the kinds of effects that arise from the combination of different forms. In particular, I focus on how writers may exploit intersubjective… read more

Thompson, Geoff † 2014 AFFECT and emotion, target-value mismatches, and Russian dolls: refining the APPRAISAL model Evaluation in Context, Thompson, Geoff † and Laura Alba-Juez (eds.), pp. 47–66 | Article

The focus in this chapter is on the evaluative systems of attitude, as modelled in the appraisal framework. While fully accepting the validity of the model, I explore three practical issues that arise in applying it. The first concerns the question of whether affect, the core area of attitude,… read more

Thompson, Geoff † 2012 Intersubjectivity in newspaper editorials: Construing the reader-in-the-text Intersections of Intersubjectivity, Brems, Lieselotte, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 77–100 | Article

In this article, I take a discoursal perspective on intersubjectivity, exploring ways in which intersubjective meanings may be realized across texts, and the kinds of effects that arise from the combination of different forms. In particular, I focus on how writers may exploit intersubjective… read more

Thompson, Geoff † 2011 Review of Teubert (2010): Meaning, Discourse and Society Languages in Contrast 11:2, pp. 265–268 | Review

Thompson, Geoff † 2003 The elided participant: Presenting an uncommonsense view of the researcher’s role Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics, Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie, Miriam Taverniers and Louise J. Ravelli (eds.), pp. 257–278 | Article

Thompson, Geoff † 2001 11. Corpus, comparison, culture: Doing the same things differently in different cultures Small Corpus Studies and ELT: Theory and practice, Ghadessy, Mohsen, Alex Henry and Robert L. Roseberry (eds.), pp. 311 ff. | Article

Thompson, Susan and Geoff Thompson † 2001 Patterns of cohesion in spoken text Patterns of Text: In honour of Michael Hoey, Scott, Mike and Geoff Thompson † (eds.), pp. 55–82 | Article

Editors’ introductionThe article by Susan & Geoff Thompson, like several others in this volume, relates to the issue of text chunks and linkages, but in their case the text is a corpus of television advertisements where viewers (and analysts) have to deal with information at various levels… read more

Thompson, Geoff † 1999 4. Acting the part: lexico-grammatical choices and contextual factors Text and Context in Functional Linguistics, Ghadessy, Mohsen (ed.), pp. 101 ff. | Article

Thompson, Geoff † 1998 Resonance in text Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in spoken and written English, Sánchez-Macarro, Antonia and Ronald Carter (eds.), pp. 29 ff. | Article

Thompson, Geoff † 1998 Review of Toolan (1996): Total Speech: An Integrational Linguistic Approach in Language Functions of Language 5:1, pp. 112–114 | Review

Titles

Evaluation in Context

Edited by Geoff Thompson † and Laura Alba-Juez

Patterns of Text: In honour of Michael Hoey

Edited by Mike Scott and Geoff Thompson †

Articles