Systemic Functional Grammar: A Text-Based Description of English, Spanish and Chinese

by Pin Wang, J R Martin, Beatriz Quiroz

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009285009
• ISBN13: 9781009285001
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"