J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.Pin Wang is Associate Professor at the Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics of the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

This is a really tremendous and necessary book that serves as an introduction to the core concepts of SFL theory through the mechanisms of drawing systems networks. Through a very well organised and crafted trajectory the book is able to introduce difficult theoretical concepts in a way that should make them easy to grasp. The book will also be a highly useful resource for more seasoned practitioners in the field to refresh their memories and to get help with producing diagrams from time to time. The use of examples from English and other langauges is a useful way of introducing concepts through familiarity and then demonstrating how different languages work on similar principles to produce very different results.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceForeword 1. Axis2. Basic Systems (for words)3. More Systems (for structures)4. System Networks: Metafunction and Rank5. System Networks: Stratification6. Beyond Grammar: Axial PerspectivesGlossaryAppendicesReferencesIndex

J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.Pin Wang is Associate Professor at the Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics of the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

This is a really tremendous and necessary book that serves as an introduction to the core concepts of SFL theory through the mechanisms of drawing systems networks. Through a very well organised and crafted trajectory the book is able to introduce difficult theoretical concepts in a way that should make them easy to grasp. The book will also be a highly useful resource for more seasoned practitioners in the field to refresh their memories and to get help with producing diagrams from time to time. The use of examples from English and other langauges is a useful way of introducing concepts through familiarity and then demonstrating how different languages work on similar principles to produce very different results.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceForeword 1. Axis2. Basic Systems (for words)3. More Systems (for structures)4. System Networks: Metafunction and Rank5. System Networks: Stratification6. Beyond Grammar: Axial PerspectivesGlossaryAppendicesReferencesIndex

J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.Pin Wang is Associate Professor at the Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics of the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

This is a really tremendous and necessary book that serves as an introduction to the core concepts of SFL theory through the mechanisms of drawing systems networks. Through a very well organised and crafted trajectory the book is able to introduce difficult theoretical concepts in a way that should make them easy to grasp. The book will also be a highly useful resource for more seasoned practitioners in the field to refresh their memories and to get help with producing diagrams from time to time. The use of examples from English and other langauges is a useful way of introducing concepts through familiarity and then demonstrating how different languages work on similar principles to produce very different results.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceForeword 1. Axis2. Basic Systems (for words)3. More Systems (for structures)4. System Networks: Metafunction and Rank5. System Networks: Stratification6. Beyond Grammar: Axial PerspectivesGlossaryAppendicesReferencesIndex