Systemic Functional Grammar - A Text-Based Description of English, Spanish and Chinese

For the first time, this book provides a usage-based model to for describing the grammar of languages, by applying Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) comparatively to English, Spanish and Chinese. Advancing SFL theory, it is essential reading for researchers and students of grammar within usage-based frameworks.

List of contents

List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Systemic functional grammar; 2. Nominal group; 3. Verbal group; 4. Mood; 5. Transitivity; 6. Theme; 7. Envoi; Afterword; Appendices; Index.

About the author

J. R. Martin is Professor at the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney and was Visiting Professor at the Department of Language Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is best known for his work on discourse analysis, appraisal and genre. In April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, appointing Professor Martin as Director.Beatriz Quiroz is Associate Professor in Language Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her current research, informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), focuses on developing a text-based and functionally oriented description of Spanish grammar.Pin Wang is Associate Professor at the Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics of the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His chief research interests are Systemic Theory, Functional Grammar, and Functional Language Typology, with particular focus on Mandarin Chinese and minority languages of China.

Product details

• Authors: J.R. Martin, J.r. (University of Sydney) Quiroz Martin, Beatriz Quiroz, Wang Pin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781009284998
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928499-8
• No. of pages: 477
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Chinese, Spanish, Psycholinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Palaeography