Making sense of functional grammar preface
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The preface introduces an edited version of the book "Making Sense of Functional Grammar" written by Linda Gerot and Peter Wignell. It explains that the original versions are difficult to find in Bekasi, so the editor decided to rewrite parts of it for students and teachers at STKIP Panca Sakti Bekasi. The editor hopes the materials will help students learn about functional grammar and genre identification in an understandable way. The facts page provides publication details about the original book.
Making sense of functional grammar preface
- 1. MAKING SENSE OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR (GEROT – WIGNELL) Edited by Berti Nurul Khajati, for the Limited Community of STKIP Panca Sakti BEKASI Page i PREFACE Thanks to Allah, The Almighty, for I’d finished editing a book tittled ‘Making Sense of Functional Grammar’ written by the twain Linda Gerot and Peter Wignell, without any meaningful handicaps. Published and distributed by Antipodean Educational Enterprises in Australia, the original versions of this book are still difficult to find in Bekasi. Since the materials of this book are very useful for secondary schools teachers and students, I decided to rewrite this book in an edited form, special for the limited Educational Community of STKIP Panca Sakti Bekasi. Moreover, many reading materials are presently being some trends of genre. Meanwhile, the knowledge of the secondary schools teachers about genre itself is merely on the surface. In fact, as an iceberg in the ocean, there are much bigger things in the depth to master. That’s why, the students of STKIP Panca Sakti Bekasi have to know more about functional grammar, which – of course – is the most salient factor of genre identification. Thus, the students of STKIP Panca Sakti Bekasi are to be the pioneers of the meaningful understanding of genre. They must not know merely on the surface, but also deeply understand the processes of producing the identification from beneath, the disappearing iceberg. Not having the formers of this kind of way, the knowledge about genre will remain like this.
- 2. MAKING SENSE OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR (GEROT – WIGNELL) Edited by Berti Nurul Khajati, for the Limited Community of STKIP Panca Sakti BEKASI Page ii I, deliberately, dissmissed several parts of the original book, for the purpose of supporting the students to be more creative by applying some various ways of problem solving. At last, I wish that the materials of this style will be understandable for everyone who learns genre, then. Happy learning! Bekasi, April 30th, 2013 The Editor,
- 3. MAKING SENSE OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR (GEROT – WIGNELL) Edited by Berti Nurul Khajati, for the Limited Community of STKIP Panca Sakti BEKASI Page iii FACTS This edited version is originated from: Tittle : Making Sense of Functional Grammar Authors : Linda Gerot and Peter Wignell Publised and distributed by : Gerd Stabler, Antipodean Educational Enterprises First Edition : 1994 Reprinted (with amendments) : 1995 Cover design by : Tanya Stabler, Sidney Printed in : Australia
- 4. MAKING SENSE OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR (GEROT – WIGNELL) Edited by Berti Nurul Khajati, for the Limited Community of STKIP Panca Sakti BEKASI Page iv CONTENTS PREFACE i FACTS iii CONTENTS iv CHAPTER 1 Genre and Grammar, Text and Context 1 CHAPTER 2 Mood 17 CHAPTER 3 Transitivity 38 CHAPTER 4 Clauses and Clause Complexes 65 CHAPTER 5 Theme and Rheme 81 REVIEW EXERCISE 102 CHAPTER 6 Nominal Groups 106 CHAPTER 7 Spoken and Written Language 120 CHAPTER 8 Cohesion 131 CHAPTER 9 The Genre – Grammar Connection 148 CHAPTER 10 Genre Across the Curriculum 175