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

Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: The State of the Art in China showcases new work from leading scholars in China, as well as offering perspectives on this work from leading scholars in SFL outside China including M.A.K. Halliday, Ruqaiya Hasan, Jim Martin, and Christian Matthiessen. 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).

As Professor Huang Guowen notes: “Halliday's linguistic influence in China is profound and vital … Systemic Functional Linguistics has become a leading approach in the study, analysis and description of English, and other languages, in The People's Republic of China.” Systemic Functional Theory provides the theoretical and methodological framework for exploring the semogenic ('meaning-making') power of language. This book is essential reading for scholars involved with systemic functional linguistics and interested in its shifting dynamics.

Jonathan Webster, Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Alex Xuanwei Peng, Professor, Beijing Normal University, China

Preface, HU Zhuanglin
Part I: Perspectives on the State of the Art in China: from the outside looking in
1. Introduction: China as fertile ground for the development of Systemic Functional Linguistics, M.A.K. Halliday
2. TBC, Ruqaiya Hasan
3. Teaching Systemic Functional Linguistics in China: One visiting professor’s view, James Martin
4. TBC, Christian Matthiessen
5. China as fertile ground for the development of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Jonathan Webster
Part II: Showcasing the State of the Art in China
a. Graphology / Phonology
6. Stroke systems in ancient Chinese characters: First step towards a general writing model from Systemic angle, PENG Xuanwei
7. A corpus-based, Systemic Functional, phonological approach to modern Chinese modal particles, LIU Chengyu
b. Lexis
8. Chinese emotive and emotion verbs as lexical realizations of AFFECT: Their distinctions and sub-classifications on the basis of configurative facts, CHANG Chenguang
9. Pronouns: Within and beyond the clause, GAO Yanmei & LU Guoyan
c. Word Group and Clause
10. Structure and Function of Measure Expressions in English and Chinese, HE Wei
11. The characteristics of the Range in material clauses in Mandarin Chinese, YANG Guowen
d. Clause Complex
12. Logic-semantic relation and zero anaphora in Chinese clause complex, HSU Fu-mei
13. The logical nature of Functional Grammar and “grammatical logic”, FENG Zongxin
e. Text
14. Generic distributions of English Appraisal Categories based on Appraisal Corpus, YU Li et al
f. Typology
15. The lexis-grammar complementarity in the system of Person: A Systemic typological perspective, WANG Pin
g. Semiotics
16. Issues concerning the disciplinary status of semiotics, HU Zhuanglin
h. Multimodality
17. Lexicogrammar and text in multimodal discourse analysis, ZHANG Delu
18. China in the lens of westerners: Exploring visual representations of China in western online media, ZHANG Yiqiong & CHEN Yumin
i. Stylistics
19. Exploring the gradability of multimodal engagement and attitude: A case study of multimodal pedagogic materials in China, Shih-shuo Hsin-yü, LIU Shisheng & SONG Chengfang
j. Translation
20. TBC, HUANG Guowen
k. Teaching
21. Functional analysis of Chinese MA students' academic competence and the implications for language-based academic writing teaching, SUN Yinghui
l. Register variation
22. Genres in Chinese MA theses: An SFL-based Contrastive Analysis with Implications for Teaching, YANG Xinzhang
Bibliography
Index