Systemic Functional Linguistics

Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen is currently Professor at University of Complutense Madrid; Distinguished Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of International Business and Economics and Distinguished Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University. He has authored and co-authored over ten books and 160 book chapters and journal articles.Kazuhiro Teruya is the author of several systemic functional books: two volumes of description of Japanese, a co-authored book on key terms in SFL, an introduction to SFL in Japanese (edited and co-authored) and an edited series of Matthiessen’s collected works.

"An invaluable in-depth account of virtually everything one ever sought to know about SFL and its many rich and often competing developments, and all in a single work. Not simply another introduction, handbook, companion or glossary – though it clearly and capably draws upon these ample resources – but rather an intensely user-directed ‘guide’ to more effective SFL research and application for both students and seasoned scholars. Truly and remarkably different in its rationale and reach."Donna R. Miller, University of Bologna, Italy"This book is a must have. It is a very timely and needed resource which is certain to be of great interest to the entire SFL community. It is both a useful reference in itself, and a very welcome and balanced guide to SFL. It will be essential reading for researchers, teachers and students."Gerard O'Grady, Cardiff University, UK

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction to the notion of a guide to SFLChapter 2 Reading guidesChapter 3 Resource guidesChapter 4 Application guidesChapter 5 Guide to alternatives, questions, issues and debatesChapter 6 SFL term guides (metalanguage)Chapter 7 Analysis guide: English lexicogrammarChapter 8 ConclusionChapter 9 AppendixReferencesIndex