The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

Geoff Thompson (Edited by), Wendy L. Bowcher (Edited by), Lise Fontaine (Edited by), David Schönthal (Edited by)

9781107116986, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 May 2019

834 pages, 118 b/w illus. 52 tables
25.4 x 18 x 4.2 cm, 1.8 kg

Presenting a field-defining overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today, this Handbook surveys the key issues in the study of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), covering an impressive range of theoretical perspectives. Written by some of the world's foremost SFL scholars, including M. A. K. Halliday, the founder of SFL theory, the handbook covers topics ranging from the theory behind the model, discourse analysis within SFL, applied SFL, to SFL in relation to other subfields of linguistics such as intonation, typology, clinical linguistics and education. Chapters include discussion on the possible future directions in which research might be conducted and issues that can be further investigated and resolved. Readers will be inspired to pursue the challenges raised within the volume, both theoretically and practically.

Introduction Wendy L. Bowcher, Lise Fontaine and David Schönthal
Part I. SFL: The Model: 1. Firth and the origins of systemic functional linguistics: process, pragma, and polysystem David G. Butt
2. Key concepts and the architecture of language in the SFL model Jonathan J. Webster
3. Semantics Miriam Taverniers
4. The clause: an overview of the lexicogrammar Margaret Berry
5. The rooms of the house: grammar at group rank Lise Fontaine and David Schönthal
6. Context and register Wendy L. Bowcher
7. Intonation Wendy L. Bowcher and Meena Debashish
8. Continuing issues in SFL Mick O'Donnell
9. The Cardiff model of functional syntax Anke Schulz and Lise Fontaine
10. SFL in context Christopher S. Butler
Part II. Discourse Analysis within SFL: 11. Models of discourse in systemic functional linguistics Tom Bartlett
12. Cohesion and conjunction Maite Taboada
13. Semantic networks Andy Fung and Francis Robert Low
14. Discourse semantics J. R. Martin
15. Appraisal Susan Hood
16. SFL and diachronic studies David Banks
17. SFL and multimodal discourse analysis Kay L. O'Halloran, Sabine Tan and Peter Wignell
18. SFL and critical discourse analysis Gerard O'Grady
Part III. SFL in Application: 19. Language development Geoff Williams
20. Applying SFL for understanding and fostering instructed second language development Heidi Byrnes
21. Language and education: learning to mean Peter Mickan
22. Systemic functional linguistics and computation: new directions, new challenges John Bateman, Daniel McDonald, Tuomo Hiippala, Daniel Couto-Vale and Eugeniu Costetchi
23. Clinical linguistics Elissa Asp and Jessica de Villiers
24. Language and science, language in science, and linguistics as science M. A. K. Halliday and David G. Butt
25. Language and medicine Alison Rotha Moore
26. Language and literature Donna R. Miller
27. Language and social media: enacting identity through ambient affiliation Michele Zappavigna
28. Theorizing and modeling translation Erich Steiner
29. Language typology Abhishek Kumar Kashyap
Index.

Subject Areas: Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK], Phonetics, phonology [CFH], Psycholinguistics [CFD], Sociolinguistics [CFB], Philosophy of language [CFA]