Full Description
Bringing together leading and emerging scholars in Systemic Functional Linguistics, this book explores the contributions made to SFL theory by James Robert Martin. A leading light in the field for 40 years, this book reviews, explores and develops the theoretical agendas set out in his momentous body of work.
Focussed around the four themes of systemic functional theory, linguistic typology, educational linguistics and (positive) discourse analysis, chapters debate and develop the key concepts of Martin's work. Engaging with cutting edge theoretical debates in areas such as discourse-semantics, register and genre and affiliation, Discourses of Hope and Reconciliation examines Martin's lasting impact on the field, developing his momentous contributions to point the way to exciting future research directions in SFL.
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Preface, Michele Zappavigna and Shoshana Dreyfus
Acknowledgements
1. J. R. Martin, Language and Linguistics, Yaegan Doran
2. Attitudinal Alignments in Journalistic Commentary and Social-Media Argumentation: The Construction of Values-Based Group Identities in the Online Comments of Newspaper Readers, Peter White
3. The Foundational Role of Discourse Semantics beyond Language, John Bateman
4. Construing Entities through Nominal Groups in Chinese, Pin Wang
5. Launching Research: A Martinian Perspective on Science Pedagogy, Sally Humphrey, Jing Hao and David Rose
6. Familiarity for the Unfamiliar: Thailand, Kinship, Culture and Language, John Knox
7. Intermodal Relations, Mass and Presence in School Science Explanation Genres, Len Unsworth
8. Engaging Readers and Institutionalizing Attitude: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Multimodal EFL Pedagogic Materials, Yumin Chen
9. Uncovering "The Story" behind Meaningful Texts: Bilingual Students' Intentions and Linguistic Choices, Maria Estela Brisk and Jasmine Alvarado
10. We Are All One: Shifting Reference in Reconciliation Talk, Lise Fontaine and Katy Jones
11. A Nation Remembers: Discourses of Change, Mourning, and Reconciliation on Australia Day, Helen Caple and Monika Bednarek
Index
