Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics : The State of the Art in China Today

Jonathan J. Webster

ISBN 10: 1472583345 / ISBN 13: 9781472583345

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2017, 2017

Neuware - Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: The State of the Art in China Today showcases new work from leading scholars in China, as well as offering perspectives on this work from M.A.K. Halliday and Jim Martin. The range of topics covers graphology/phonology, lexis, group and clause, clause complex, text, typology, semiotics, multimodality, stylistics, translation, and teaching.Not only will this book introduce the latest research into language and multimodal discourse being undertaken by scholars in China today, but also suggest the way forward in terms of where linguistics should be going if the aim is (still) to create 'the innovative producers of social semiotic theory, description and practice the world rightfully expects from the intellectual superpower China is economically positioned to become' (Jim Martin). This book is essential reading for scholars involved with systemic functional linguistics and interested in its shifting dynamics. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781472583345

Inhaltsangabe:

China has proven a key staging ground for the next generation of advances in Systemic Functional Linguistics. This volume exhibits the range of scholarship in SFL from China and how it can be contextualized in global setting.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: 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).

Xuanwei Peng, Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics : ...
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2017
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Buch
Zustand: Neu