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

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

Foreword,Huang Guowen

Editors' Preface,Peng Xuanwei & Jonathan Webster

Part 1: Perspectives on the State of the Art in China: from the outside looking in

1. The contribution of Systemic Functional Theory to linguistics in China,M.A.K. Halliday
2. Teaching systemic functional linguistics in China: One visiting professor's view,James Martin

Part 2: Showcasing the State of the Art in China

Introduction,Hu Zhuanglin

Graphology and Phonology

3. Stroke systems in Chinese characters: A Systemic Functional perspective on simplified regular script,Peng Xuanwei
4. A corpus-based Systemic Functional phonological approach to modern Chinese modal particles,Liu Chengyu

Lexis

5. Emotion verbs and emotion verbs in Chinese: Their distinctions and sub-classifications based on configurative facts,Song Chengfang
6. Verb types, process types and incident structure: From lelã