Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics : The State of the Art in China Today (Paperback)

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 lexis to discourse semantics, Lu Guoyan & Gao Yanmei Word Group 7. Structure and function of measure nominals in English and Chinese, Yang Bingjun 8. Systemic Functional Study of the Chinese Temporal System: Marked Chinese tenses, He Wei & Ma Ruizhi Clause and Clause Complex 9. Range characteristics in material clauses in Mandarin Chinese, Yang Guowen 10. Chinese Characteristics of Clause Complex: A Systemic Functional account, Hsu Fu-mei Text 11. Generic distributions of English Appraisal categories based on Appraisal corpus, Yu Li, Peng Xuanwei, He Zhongqing, Liu Yujie, Zhang Ranran, Tan Xianfang & Wang Yuying Typology 12. Lexis-grammar complementarity and system of Person: A Systemic typological perspective, Wang Pin Semiotics 13. Issues concerning the disciplinary status of semiotics, Hu Zhuanglin Multimodality 14. Lexicogrammar and text in multimodal discourse analysis, Zhang Delu 15. A study of multimodal engagement resources and voice interaction in pedagogic discourse, Chen Yumin 16. Meaning-making in multimodal visual narrative: patterns of visual weaving, Yang Xiran & Jonathan Webster Stylistics 17. Ways of illustrating and ways of explicating: Multimodal symbolic articulation in illustrated Shih-shuo Hsin-yu, Liu Shisheng & Song Chengfang Translation 18. Searching for Metafunctional equivalence in translated texts, Huang Guowen Teaching 19. Genres in Chinese MA theses: a SFL-based contrastive analysis and implications for teaching, SunYinghui & Ju Zhiqin Lexicography 20. Defining English idioms in a bilingual learner's dictionary: applications of Systemic Functional Linguistics in lexicography, Chang Chenguang Register variation 21. The linguistic features of knowledge construction in Chemistry textbooks, Yang Xinzhang References Index