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Society in Language, Language in Society - Essays in Honour of Ruqaiya Hasan

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Zusatztext "This volume is a must-read for those doing work on semantic networks! context and language! texts and textuality! literacy and education! and verbal art. ? The essays in this volume go a long way to making sure that Ruqaiya Hasan's contribution to our understanding of how language works as humanity s resource for being and making meaning will live long past her beautiful life! Humanity is richer and better for the life she lived among us." (Jonathan Webster! Functions of Language! Vol. 25 (2)! 2018) Informationen zum Autor Mariana Achugar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.  Tom Bartlett , Cardiff University, Wales, UK.  Margaret Berry, University of Nottingham, UK. Wendy L. Bowcher, Sun Yat-sen University, China David Butt, Macquarie University, Australia. Carmel Cloran, University of Wollongong, Australia. Andy Fung, Hong Kong. Polytechnic University, China. M.A.K. Halliday, University of Sydney, Australia. Kristin M. Khoo, Macquarie University, Australia. Marvin Lam, Hong Kong. Polytechnic University, China.  Jennifer Yameng Liang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China.  Annabelle Lukin, Macquarie University, Australia. Donna R. Miller, University of Bologna, Italy. Alison Moore, University of Wollongong, Australia. Mary Schleppegrell, University of Michigan, USA.  Rebekah Wegener, Aachen University, Germany. Geoff Williams, University of British Columbia, Canada. Klappentext This collection of original articles covers a range of research connecting with the work of the eminent linguist Ruqaiya Hasan. It contains contributions from M.A.K. Halliday, G. Williams, D. Butt, D. Miller and M. Berry among others, an interview with Ruqaiya Hasan, and notes from the contributors about their connection with Ruqaiya Hasan's work. Zusammenfassung This collection of original articles covers a range of research connecting with the work of the eminent linguist Ruqaiya Hasan. It contains contributions from M.A.K. Halliday! G. Williams! D. Butt! D. Miller and M. Berry among others! an interview with Ruqaiya Hasan! and notes from the contributors about their connection with Ruqaiya Hasan's work. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Ontogenesis of Rationality: Nigel Revisited; M. A. K. Halliday2. 'Construe My Meaning': Performance, Poetry, and Semiotic Distance; David Butt3. Jakobson's Place in Hasan's Social Semiotic Stylistics: : 'Pervasive Parallelism' as Symbolic Articulation of Theme; Donna R. Miller4. Can Semantic Networks Capture Intra- and Inter-registerial Variation? Palliative Care Discourse Interrogates Hasan's Message Semantics; Alison Rotha Moore5. Hasan's Semantic Networks Revisited: A Cantonese Systemic Functional Approach; Andy Fung6. Language and Society, Context and Text: The Contributions of Ruqaiya Hasan; Annabelle Lukin7. Multiscalar Modelling of Context: Some Questions Raised by the Category of Mode; Tom Bartlett8. On Describing Contexts of Situation; Margaret Berry9. Context and Multimodal Communication: Hasan's Notion of Personal Distance; Marvin Lam10. Studying Language in Society and Society through Language: Context and Multimodal Communication; Rebekah Wegener11. GSP and Multimodal Texts; Wendy L. Bowcher and Jennifer Yameng Liang12. Construing Instructional Contexts; Carmel Cloran13. 'Threads of Continuity' and Interaction: Coherence, Texture and Cohesive Harmony; Kristin M. Khoo14. Reflection Literacy in the First Years of Schooling: Questions of Theory and Practice; Geoff Williams15. Reflective Literacy and the Teaching of History; Mariana Achugar and Mary Schleppegrell16. In Her Own Words: An Interview with Ruqaiya Hasan; David G. Butt and Jennifer Yameng Liang17. In Honour of Ruqaiya HasanBibliography of Work by Ruqaiya Hasan ...

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"This volume is a must-read for those doing work on semantic networks, context and language, texts and textuality, literacy and education, and verbal art. ... The essays in this volume go a long way to making sure that Ruqaiya Hasan's contribution to our understanding of how language works as humanity s resource for being and making meaning will live long past her beautiful life, Humanity is richer and better for the life she lived among us." (Jonathan Webster, Functions of Language, Vol. 25 (2), 2018)

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