Systemic Functional Language Description : Making Meaning Matter (Paperback)

Table of contents Describing languages, understanding language: Systemic Functional theory and description Y.J. Doran and J.R. Martin Part I: Understanding grammarAxial argumentation below the clause: The verbal group in Khorchin MongolianDongbing ZhangAxial argumentation and cryptogrammar in interpersonal grammar: A case study of Classical Tibetan moodPin WangExperiential cryptotypes: reasoning about process typeBeatriz QuirozAxial argumentation and cryptogrammar in textual grammar: theme in Brazilian PortugueseGiacomo FigueredoArguments for seeing Theme-Rheme and Topic-Comment as separate functional structuresRandy J. LaPollaPart II: Contextualising grammarFunctional language typology: A discourse semantic perspective J.R. Martin and Beatriz QuirozConstruing relations between scientific activities through Mandarin ChineseJing HaoThe Baboon and the Bee: Exploring register patterns across languagesDavid RoseLanguage shift: Bilingual exchange structure in classroom interactions Harni Kartika Ningsih Academic formalisms: Toward a semiotic typologyY.J. Doran