Functionalism, as characterized by Allen, (2007:254) "holds that linguistic structures can only be understood and explained with reference to the semantic and c

This book deals with a major crisis in education - the achievement of literacy skills.

This book is an introduction to Vygotsky and his theories of language and second language acquisition. Employing a dual framework of metatheory and metaphor, th

This book introduces the notion of system as the foundation of the systemic functional architecture of language.

Although there has been much empirical study within what has been referred to as "functional approaches to child language," there has yet to be a major attempt