Appliable Linguistics

Appliable Linguistics
Author: Ahmar Mahboob
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2010-08-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441164154

Appliable Linguistics tackles everyday real-life language-related problems in diverse social, professional and academic contexts


Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics

Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics
Author: David Caldwell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2022-10-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1350109304

Exploring the relationship between theory and practice in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of Appliable Linguistics. Featuring both internationally-renowned scholars and rising stars from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore and the USA, Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics examines the theoretical insights, questions, and developments that have emerged from the application of Systemic Functional theory to a range of fields. Beyond simply reporting on the application of SFL to particular sites of communication, both linguistic and semiotic, this volume demonstrates how SFL has critiqued, developed and transformed theory and practice and foregrounds the implications of application for Systemic Functional theory itself. Covering established fields for application, such as education, medicine and media, to relatively uncharted areas, such as software design and extremist propaganda, this volume provides an overview of recent linguistic and semiotic innovations informed by SFL and examines the advances that have been made from many years of productive dialogue between theory and practice.


Systemic Functional Linguistics

Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317382994

This user-friendly student guide is the essential resource for all those engaged in studying systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Assuming no prior knowledge, this guide is divided into nine chapters which can be read independently of one another and used for purposes of reference. The reading section maps out and mediates the key SFL literature. The application guides show how SFL has been and can be applied to various domains, from translation to healthcare communication. The term guides demystify the core terminology and the vocabulary guides aid readers in dealing with the most commonly used terms in text analysis. Systemic Functional Linguistics is an invaluable guidebook for all those studying functional grammar and SFL within linguistics, applied linguistics and related courses.


Appliable Approaches to Analyzing Texts in Academic Discourse

Appliable Approaches to Analyzing Texts in Academic Discourse
Author: Alireza Jalilifar
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2024-01-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527562344

This book provides a comprehensive overview of approaches to problems of language learning, aimed at graduate students and researchers interested in English for academic purposes. Its primary focus is the complexity and nuances of academic writing such as phraseology, nominalization, thematicity, and phrasal complexity features. The book will clarify the issue of how language is used to communicate discipline-related content, viewed through the lens of linguistics as one of the human sciences. Each chapter concludes with several tasks that enable users to substantiate what has been presented in that chapter. The book primarily addresses non-native speakers of English who are studying for master’s and PhD qualifications through the medium of English; however, non-native researchers may also find some chapters of the book useful for their underlying focus on academic writing and publishing.


Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics

Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: Bo Wang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2023-12-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000998525

This collection reflects on developments in the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as embodied in the work of Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, highlighting his diverse contributions to the field from theoretical and applied perspectives. The book surveys Matthiessen’s academic career and illustrates the myriad ways in which his work has reverberated through to current innovations in SFL research. The book also exhibits his theoretical contributions to major linguistic topics and his influence on the development of SFL. Written by some of the world’s foremost scholars in the field, chapters cover such topics as theories of SFL and its applications in different domains as well as the developmental trajectories of SFL in major geographic areas. Addressing the key issues in SFL through the lens of Matthiessen’s career, this book is an accessible resource for students and scholars in systemic functional linguistics, as well as those interested in the systemic functional approach in related areas within linguistics.


Interviews with M.A.K. Halliday

Interviews with M.A.K. Halliday
Author: J. R. Martin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441145850

This volume gathers together 14 interviews with M A K Halliday, the founder of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), recorded over four decades – the most recent of which was conducted in 2011 and published here for the first time. In these engaging conversations with colleagues Halliday explores his own development as a student of language in Britain and China, the evolution of SFL theory around the world, its place in the field of general linguistics and its many sites of application. The dialogic mode enacted here allows Halliday to touch on many points of personal history and intellectual challenge that have not been addressed in formal publications (in his books or collected papers), including answers to the many thought-provoking questions his colleagues had waited sometimes years to ask. Accordingly each chapter offers a fresh illuminating window on the innovative thinking and assured convictions of this towering figure in linguistics.


Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics

Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: Jonathan J. Webster
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2017-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1472583361

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.


Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics

Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics
Author: Akila Sellami-Baklouti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1315299852

This innovative collection brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars highlighting the "appliability" of Systemic Functional Linguistics and the ways in which theoretical and analytical conclusions drawn from its applications can inform and advance the study of language. The book discusses SFL’s theoretical foundations and development in recent years to demonstrate its evolution into a more effective analytical tool. Building on this theoretical framework, the volume showcases the theory’s applications in case studies exploring four sub-disciplines of language study: multilingual studies; translation studies; language learning and language teaching; and genre analysis. This all-inclusive volume demonstrates both Systemic Functional Linguistics’ efficacy as a means of theoretical analysis, but also its value as a unique approach to the study of language and meaning, making this an indispensable resource for researchers and scholars in applied linguistics, discourse analysis, genre studies, translation studies, and multilingualism.


Language Policy

Language Policy
Author: Bingjun Yang
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-11-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1315436914

In recent years, research has prospered in the study of language policy. However, there are still many problems behind this prosperity. For example, much of the research lacks theoretical intervention and neglects perspectives of linguistic theories. This book, a trailblazer for academic researchers in the fields of language policy and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as appliable linguistics, examines language policy from the perspective of SFL, which could provide different angles for language policy and offer a valuable attempt to test SFL as appliable linguistics. This book also explores many typical controversial issues in Chinese language policy with an SFL approach, such as ongoing conflicts between Putonghua and dialects. It not only addresses authentic problems emerging from the implementation process of Chinese language policy, but also has produced some feasible and customized suggestions to improve Chinese language policy.