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Zusatztext "This is a most welcome collection, representing a wide range of applications of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) from leading scholars in the field. The chapters provide valuable insights into theoretical and methodological issues of current concern to SFL researchers. The book is an indispensable guide to engaging with SFL." - Honglin Chen, Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong, Australia Informationen zum Autor M.A.K. Halliday was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Linguistics Association’s journal WORD , and the editor of the forthcoming Journal of World Languages (2014). Klappentext Designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students and researchers on Systemic Functional Linguistics. > Vorwort Designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students and researchers on Systemic Functional Linguistics. Zusammenfassung A guide to researching systemic functional linguistics. Suitable for students and researchers of systemic functional linguistics, it includes a comprehensive introduction to methodology and issues; definitions of key terms; outlines of research areas; and, a bibliography of key readings. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, Jonathan Webster (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 2. Key terms, M A K Halliday 3. Ideas & new directions, Christian Matthiessen (Macquarie University, Australia) 4. Methods, techniques, problems, M A K Halliday 5. Language development, Clare Painter (University of New South Wales, Australia) 6. Language and other primate species, James Benson (York University, Canada) & Paul Thibault (Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway) 7. Computational linguistics, Elke Teich (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany) 8. Corpus-based research, Wu Canzhong 9. Clinical applications, Elizabeth Armstrong 10. Multimodality & other semiotic systems, Paul Thibault (Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway) 11. Discourse studies, Jim Martin (University of Sydney, Australia) 12. Context, Ruqaiya Hasan 13. Literary stylistics, Annabelle Lukin (Macquarie University, Australia) & David Butt (Macquarie University, Australia) 14. Resources, courses/centres, Mick O'Donnell (University Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) Bibliography Index ...
