基本説明
Collects some of the biggest names in systemic functional linguistics in one volume, and shows how this theory can be applied to language studies 'intelligently', in order to arrive at a better understanding of how meaning is constructed in language.
Full Description
"Meaning in Context" brings together some of the biggest names in systemic functional linguistics in one volume to explore the construction of meaning in language."Meaning in Context" collects some of the biggest names in systemic functional linguistics in one volume, and shows how this theory can be applied to language studies 'intelligently', in order to arrive at a better understanding of how meaning is constructed in language. The chapters use systemic functional theory to examine a range of issues including corpus linguistics, multimodality, language technology, world Englishes and language evolution.This forward-thinking volume will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and systemic functional linguistics.
Contents
Introduction, Jonathan Webster (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); 1. Intelligent Language Applications - Christian Matthiessen (Macquarie University, Australia); 2. Topical Theme in Chinese, Fang Yan (Tsinghua University, China); 3. Realizational Systems, David Butt (Macquarie University, Australia); 4. Nominalization, Verbalization and Grammatical Metaphor - Zhu Yongsheng (Fudan University, China). 5. Explicitation, Erich Steiner (University of Saarland, Germany); 6. Multimodal Meaning - Hu Zhuanglin (Peking University, China); 7. Ontogenesis of Grammatics, Geoff Williams (University College, London, UK); 8. Code-switching and SFL, Huang Guowen (Sun Yat-sen University, China); 9. Understanding Semantic Theory, Ruqaiya Hasan; 10. Creativity and Linguistic Globalization, Edwin Thumboo (National University of Singapore, Singapore); 11. Linguistic Structure and SFL, John Bateman (University of Bremen, Germany); 12. Systemic Functional Grammar and Language Technology, Jon Patrick (University of Sydney, Australia).
