Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese: Descriptions and Applications (FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS) - Hardcover

William Armour (editor); Elizabeth A. Thomson (editor)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845530535 ISBN 13: 9781845530532

Publisher: Equinox Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

While there have been occasional Systemic Functional treatments of Japanese before, this is the first volume dedicated to Japanese from a Systemic Functional perspective. This book is divided into descriptions and applications. The descriptions are further divided into the three metafunctions: textual, interpersonal and ideational. The applications of the descriptions are divided into education and computing. The contributions on education are a mixture of work on genres in Japanese and English, and applications of Systemic Functional theory to teaching Japanese as a second language. The contributions on computing present the application of Systemic Functional theory to the development of a Japanese language-based computer operating system. This volume features a foreword by Noboru Yamaguchi, one of the first linguists to explore Systemic Functional perspectives of Japanese.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth A. Thomson is the Director of Studies, Defence Force School of Languages, and Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. She coordinates The Genre Project, an ongoing research initiative aimed at mapping the genres of Japanese, particularly those found in the workplace and in Education. She teaches linguistics, Japanese language and English for Academic Purposes. In 2003 she was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (Arts) and in 2001 her co-authored CD-ROM, Academic Writing was the winner of the Tertiary Technology Showcase Category in The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. William S. Armour is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He researches on a variety of topics, including cross-cultural adaptation, how learning an additional language impacts on identity, and manga and anime.

About this edition

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1845530535
• ISBN 13: 9781845530532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: William Armour, Elizabeth Thomson