ABSTRACT

This innovative collection brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars highlighting the "appliability" of Systemic Functional Linguistics and the ways in which theoretical and analytical conclusions drawn from its applications can inform and advance the study of language. The book discusses SFL’s theoretical foundations and development in recent years to demonstrate its evolution into a more effective analytical tool. Building on this theoretical framework, the volume showcases the theory’s applications in case studies exploring four sub-disciplines of language study: multilingual studies; translation studies; language learning and language teaching; and genre analysis. This all-inclusive volume demonstrates both Systemic Functional Linguistics’ efficacy as a means of theoretical analysis, but also its value as a unique approach to the study of language and meaning, making this an indispensable resource for researchers and scholars in applied linguistics, discourse analysis, genre studies, translation studies, and multilingualism.

chapter 4|21 pages

Pushing the Boundaries of Appliability

Conceptual Frameworks in Cognitive Science and Functional Linguistics

chapter 5|22 pages

The Interface of SFL and Pragmatics

Reporting Strategies in Poe’s “William Wilson”

chapter 6|31 pages

The Notion of a Multilingual Meaning Potential

A Systemic Exploration

chapter 7|19 pages

Maintenance versus Shift in Literary Translation

SFL Perspectives on the Translation of User-Related Varieties in Socio-Cultural Contexts

chapter 9|19 pages

A Contrastive Description of Projection in English and Spanish Across Ranks

From the Clause Nexus to the Group

chapter 11|23 pages

Grammaticalising Attitude

Clause Juncture Particles and Negotiation in Dagaare

chapter 12|20 pages

Systemic Socio-Semantic Stylistics (SSS) as Appliable Linguistics

The Cases of Literary Criticism and Language Teaching/Learning

chapter 15|27 pages

Nominal Groups in Arabic and English

Experiential Differences and Effect on Tunisian EFL Learners’ Translations

chapter 16|23 pages

Cancer Care as an Integrated Practice

Consultations Between an Oncologist and Patients With Advanced, Incurable Cancer