The second volume of Systemic Functional Linguistics contains Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen’s papers on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) spanning forty years from 1981 to the present.
This updated volume builds on the foundation developed in Volume 1, focusing on theoretically guided modelling of language in computational linguistic systems and on key aspects of the theory such as metafunction, rank (the conception of morphology), indeterminacy, and probability. This volume also includes a treatment of systemic functional metatheory – the theory of the nature and applicability of theory. The new chapter written for Volume 2 extends the discussion of the challenge of theorizing language to the challenge of modelling language for neurosemiotics, thus paying attention to the applicability of systemic functional linguistics. This volume captures Matthiessen’s expanding research and addresses core aspects of SFL to help students, instructors, and all readers discover the wealth of Matthiessen’s systemic functional work.
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The second volume of this definitive text expands upon Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen’s work on Systemic Functional Linguistics spanning forty years, offering a fundamental understanding of his theories.
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Foreword
David Butt

Editorial Introduction
Kazuhiro Teruya, Kaela Peijia Zhang, and Diana Slade

Introduction
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
1. A Grammar and a Lexicon for a Text-Production System
2. Systemic Grammar in Computation: The NIGEL Case
3. Semantics for a Systemic Grammar: The Chooser and Inquiry Framework
4. Two Approaches to Semantic Interfaces in Text Generation
5. Metafunctional Complementarity and Resonance in Syntagmatic Organization
6. Fuzziness Construed in Language: A Linguistic Perspective
7. On the Idea of Theory-Neutral Descriptions
8. Interview with Christian Matthiessen (Cardiff, 1998)
9. Halliday’s Conception of Language as a Probabilistic System
10. Instantial Systems and Logogenesis
11. Systemic Functional Morphology: The Lexicogrammar of the Word
12. The Architecture of Language According to SFL: Some Reflections on Implications for Neurosemiotics

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ISBN
9781049800042
Publisert
2025-12-30
Utgiver
University of Toronto Press
Vekt
1 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
512

Biografisk notat

Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen is professor of linguistics at Complutense University of Madrid.

Kazuhiro Teruya is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

Kaela Peijia Zhang is a lecturer in the Department of English at Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

Diana Slade is a professor of applied linguistics and director of the Institute for Communication in Health Care at the Australian National University.