Contents // Introduction Unit 1: Language and Context // ■ 1.1 Language and Language Acquisition // ■ 1.2 Context // ■ Grammar Interlude #1: Deixis // ■ 1.3 Two Tools: The Fill In Tool and the Making Strange Tool // ■ 1.4 Working with the Fill In Tool // ■ Grammar Interlude #2: Subjects and Predicates // ■ 1.5 Working with the Making Strange Tool // ■ Grammar Interlude #3: Intonation // ■ 1.6 The Frame Problem // ■ 1.7 The Frame Problem Tool // ■ 1.8 Working with the Frame Problem Tool // Unit 2: Saying, Doing, and Designing // ■ 2.1 The Doing and Not Just Saying Tool // ■ 2.2 Working with the Doing and Not Just Saying Tool // ■ 2.3 Using Grammar to Build Structures and Meaning // ■ Grammar Interlude #4: Vocabulary // ■ 2.4 The Why This Way and Not That Way Tool // ■ Grammar Interlude #5: Integrating Information // ■ 2.5 Working with the Why This Way and Not That Way Tool // ■ Grammar Interlude #6: Topics and Themes // ■ 2.6 Why We Build and Design with Grammar // 1 // 7 // 8 // 11 // 14 // 17 // 19 // 23 // 25 // 29 // 37 // 44 // 45 // 49 // 50 // 53 // 55 // 60 // 62 // 63 // 70 // 71 // 75 // vi Contents // U 2.7 Using Language to Build Things in the World 78 // ■ Grammar Interlude #7: Stanzas 80 // Unit 3: Building Things in the World 89 // ■ 3.1 The Context is Reflexive Tool 90 // ■ 3.2 Working with the Context is Reflexive Tool 92 // ■ 3.3 Building Tasks and Building Tools 94 // ■ 3.4 The Significance Building Tool 98
■ 3.5 Working with the Significance Building Tool 100 // ■ 3.6 The Activities Building Tool 102 // ■ 3.7 Working with the Activities Building Tool 108 // ■ 3.8 The Identities Building Tool 112 // ■ 3.9 Working with the Identities Building Tool 116 // ■ 3.10 The Relationships Building Tool 120 // ■ 3.11 Working with the Relationships Building Tool 122 // ■ 3.12 The Politics Building Tool 124 // ■ 3.13 Working with the Politics Building Tool 129 // ■ 3.14 The Connections Building Tool 132 // ■ Grammar Interlude #8: Cohesion 134 // ■ 3.15 Working with the Connections Building Tool 138 // ■ 3.16 The Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool 141 // ■ 3.17 Working with the Sign Systems and Knowledge Building Tool 145 // ■ Grammar Interlude #9: Topic Flow or Topic Chaining 148 // Unit 4: Theoretical Tools 155 // ■ 4.1 Six Theoretical Tools 156 // ■ 4.2 The Situated Meaning Tool 157 // ■ 4.3 Working with the Situated Meaning Tool 160 // ■ 4.4 The Social Languages Tool 162 // ■ 4.5 Working with the Social Languages Tool 167 // Contents // ■ 4.6 The Intertextuality Tool 171 // ■ 4.7 Working with the Intertextuality Tool 172 // ■ 4.8 The Figured Worlds Tool 174 // ■ 4.9 Working with the Figured Worlds Tool 178 // ■ 4.10 The Big D Discourse Tool 181 // ■ 4.11 Working with the Big D Discourse Tool 186 // ■ 4.12 The Big С Conversation Tool 189 // ■ 4.13 Working with the Big С Conversation Tool 192 // Conclusion // Appendix: List of Tools