TY - BOOK AU - Webster, Jonathan AU - Jonathan Webster TI - Understanding Verbal Art: a functional linguistic approach SN - 9783642550195 AV - DUCE P117 PY - 2015/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer KW - Language KW - Literature N1 - Includes index N2 - This book uses Systemic Functional Linguistics to analyze the poetry of Edwin Thumboo, showing how grammar and metaphor interact to create meaning. It examines the poet’s layered, intricate language use, shaped by his multilingual and multicultural background. Emphasizing the meaning-making power of language, the study demonstrates how functional linguistic analysis helps explain Thumboo’s distinctive poetic technique and offers insights valuable to scholars of poetry, stylistics, and Commonwealth literature UR - http://172.20.27.22:4000/handle/123456789/69 ER -