LANGUAGE AS BEHAVIOUR, LANGUAGE AS CODE A STUDY OF ACADEMIC ENGLISH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1: The Social Functional Linguistic Tradition and Approach -- Introduction -- 1.1 Social Functional Linguistics -- 1.2 Roots of the Social Functional Linguistic Approach -- 1.2.1 The Prague School of Linguistics -- 1.2.2 The London School of J.R. Firth -- 1.2.3 Tagmemics and Stratificational Grammar -- 1.3 Underlying Assumptions of the Social Functional Approach -- 1.4 Theoretical Model -- 1.4.1 Core Concepts in Systemic Grammar -- 1.4.2 The Development of Systemic Grammar -- Introduction -- Tri-stratal Nature of Language -- Categories of the Theory -- Scales of Abstraction -- Class and System Revisited -- Situational Constructs: Field, Tenor and Mode -- The Relationship between Situational Constructs and Codal Choices -- Tri-stratal View of Language Revisited -- Summary -- 1.4.3 Theoretical and Applied Extensions of Systemic Grammar -- 1.5 Working Model -- 1.5.1 Communication Linguistics -- 1.5.2 Constructs in the Communication Linguistics Model -- Introduction -- The Situational Plane -- Referential Realm, Referential Plot, Speech Community Context, and Generic Situation -- The Discoursal Plane -- Components of the Speech Community Context -- Components of the Generic Situation Revisited -- Phase -- Manifestation -- Codal constructs: semological and morphosyntactic strata -- Semological stratum -- Morphosyntactic stratum -- 1.5.3 Terminology -- 1.6 Summary -- Notes -- Diagram 1: Communication linguistics model of language -- Chapter 2: Analysis -- PART ONE: SITUATING THE ANALYSIS -- Introduction -- 1.1 Description of the Corpus -- 1.2 Situating the Corpus within the Speech Community Context and the Generic Situation -- 1.3 Format and Codal Features of the Analysis.

PART TWO: PHASAL ANALYSIS -- 2.1 Engineering -- 2.1.1 Engineering Discourse -- Discourse Structuring -- Content -- Conclusion -- Evaluation -- Interaction -- Background phase -- Metaphoric use of language -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- 2.1.2 Engineering Text -- Text structuring -- Content phase -- Conclusion -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- 2.2 Sociology -- 2.2.1 Sociology Discourse -- Discourse Structuring -- Examples -- Conclusion -- Evaluation -- Metaphoric use of language -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- 2.2.2 Sociology Text -- Text Structuring -- Content -- Examples -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- 2.3 Economics -- 2.3.1 Economics Discourse -- Discourse Structuring -- National Income -- Statisticians -- Model -- Opened Model -- Conclusion -- Interaction -- Metaphoric use of language -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- 2.3.2 Economics Text -- Text Structuring -- Model -- Conclusion -- Summary of phasal characteristics -- Chapter 3: Results -- PART ONE: REGISTERIAL CONSTRUCTS -- Introduction -- 1.1 The Registerial Constructs of Field, Tenor and Mode: A Brief Review -- 1.2 The Influence of Registerial Components on Codal Selections -- 1.2.1 Field -- 1.2.2 Functional Tenor -- 1.2.3 Personal Tenor -- 1.2.4 Mode -- PART TWO: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE SPOKEN DISCOURSES AND WRITTEN TEXTS -- Introduction -- 2.1 Macro- and Micro-Level Similarities Among the Discourses -- 2.2 Differences among the Discourses -- 2.3 Metafunctional Differences between the Discourses and Texts -- 2.4 Macro- and Micro-Level Similarities between the Discourses and Texts -- 2.5 Micro-Level Similarities and Differences among the Texts -- 2.6 Morphosyntactic Similarities and Differences in the Spoken Discourses and Written Texts -- 2.6.1 Morphosyntactic Features of Discourses -- 2.6.2 Morphosyntactic Features of Texts.

2.6.3 A Comparison of Morphosyntactic Features in Discourses and Texts -- 2.7 Summary of Parts One and Two -- Chapter 4: Conclusion -- Introduction -- PART ONE: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE MODEL OF ANALYSIS -- PART TWO: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- Appendix 1: Transitivity System -- Appendix 2: Mood System -- Appendix 3: Chart of E.R. Ewer's Modals -- Appendix 4: Charts of Phasal Characteristics: Discourses and Texts -- Appendix 5: Transcripts of Discourses and Texts -- Engineering Discourse -- Engineering Text -- Sociology Discourse -- Sociology Text -- Economics Discourse -- Economics Text -- Notes -- Appendix 6: Discourse and Text Phases -- DISCOURSE PHASES -- 1. ENGINEERING DISCOURSE -- 2. SOCIOLOGY DISCOURSE -- TEXT PHASES -- 1. ENGINEERING TEXT -- 2. SOCIOLOGY TEXT -- 3. ECONOMICS TEXT -- Appendix 7: Sample Worksheet for Analysis -- References.