
Systemic Functional Grammar
A Text-Based Description of English, Spanish and Chinese
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. June 2023
Book
Hardback
478 pages
978-1-009-28500-1 (ISBN)
Description
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) is a usage-based theory of language, founded on the assumption that language is shaped entirely by its various functions in the contexts in which it used. The first of its kind, this book advances SFL by applying it comparatively to English, Spanish and Chinese. By analysing English alongside two other, typologically very different major world languages, it shows how SFL can effectively address two central issues in linguistics - namely typology and universals. It concentrates in particular on argumentation, carefully explaining how descriptions of nominal group, verbal group and clause systems and structures are motivated, and draws on examples from key texts which display a full range of ideational, interpersonal and textual grammar resources. By working across three world languages from a text-based perspective, and demonstrating how grammar descriptions can be developed and improved, the book establishes the foundations for a groundbreaking functional approach to language typology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
803 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-28500-1 (9781009285001)
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J.R. Martin | Beatriz Quiroz | Pin Wang
Systemic Functional Grammar
A Text-Based Description of English, Spanish and Chinese
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08/2025
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Persons
J. R. Martin is Professor at the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney and was Visiting Professor at the Department of Language Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is best known for his work on discourse analysis, appraisal and genre. In April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, appointing Professor Martin as Director.
Author
University of Sydney
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Content
List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Systemic functional grammar; 2. Nominal group; 3. Verbal group; 4. Mood; 5. Transitivity; 6. Theme; 7. Envoi; Afterword; Appendices; Index.