Louise J. Ravelli

List of John Benjamins publications in which Louise J. Ravelli is involved.

Title

Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics

Edited by Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Miriam Taverniers and Louise J. Ravelli

Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico-grammatical… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 236] 2003. vi, 453 pp.

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Ravelli, Louise J. 2019 Multimodality and the register of disciplinary History: Challenges for new texts and old theories Language, Context and Text 1:2, pp. 341–365 | Article

While many aspects of disciplinary communication have been effectively illuminated by systemic functional linguistics, the ‘multimodal’ turn of communication requires some rethinking of old frameworks. In academic disciplines such as History, recent epistemological changes further highlight this… read more

Ravelli, Louise J. and Sue Starfield 2008 Typography and disciplinary identity in academic writing Information Design Journal 16:2, pp. 133–147 | Article

This paper examines the potential significance of typographic variation in the front pages of a corpus of Humanities and Social Sciences doctoral theses. Some account is taken of the linguistic content of these pages, but the primary focus is on typographic resources such as font choice, salience,… read more

Ravelli, Louise J. 2003 Renewal of connection: Intergrating theory and practice in an understanding of grammatical metaphor Grammatical Metaphor: Views from systemic functional linguistics, Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie, Miriam Taverniers and Louise J. Ravelli (eds.), pp. 37–64 | Article

Ravelli, Louise J. 1998 The consequences of choice: Discursive positioning in an art institution Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in spoken and written English, Sánchez-Macarro, Antonia and Ronald Carter (eds.), pp. 137–154 | Article

Ravelli, Louise J. 1998 Review of Ghadessy (1995): Thematic Development in English Texts Functions of Language 5:1, pp. 100–103 | Review

Ravelli, Louise J. 1995 6. A dynamic perspective: implications for metafunctional interaction and an understanding of theme On Subject and Theme: A discourse functional perspective, Hasan, Ruqaiya † and Peter H. Fries (eds.), pp. 187–234 | Article