Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics

<p><em><p>The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics</p></em> brings together internationally renowned scholars of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) to provide a space for critical examination of the key tenets underpinning SFL theory. Uniquely it includes description of the three main strands within contemporary SFL scholarship: Halliday’s <em>Introduction to Functional Grammar</em> Martin’s discourse semantics and Fawcett’s Cardiff Grammar.</p><p>In five sections and thirty-eight interdisciplinary chapters this is the first handbook to cover the whole architecture of SFL theory comprising: </p><p></p><ul> <br><br><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>the ontology and epistemology of SFL;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>SFL as a clause grammar;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>lexicogrammar below the clause and SFL’s approach to constituency;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>SFL’s vibrant theory of language above the clause; and</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>SFL as a theory of praxis with real-world applications.</li> <br><br> </ul> </ul><p></p><p>With a wide range of language examples a comprehensive editors’ introduction and a section on further reading<i> T</i><em>he Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics</em> is an essential resource for all those studying and researching SFL or functional grammar.</p>