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.

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.

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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,

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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

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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