Explorations in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Essays in Honor of Professor Huang Guowen

This book on systemic functional linguistics (SFL) represents a significant contribution to the field, offering a diverse exploration of how SFL can be applied across a variety of contexts. This book as a whole aims to demonstrate the adaptability and depth of SFL, pushing the boundaries of traditional linguistic analysis and highlighting its relevance in contemporary discourse.

This book makes a novel contribution to the literature on systemic functional linguistics by blending theoretical rigor with practical application, offering a multifaceted perspective that may influence future research and practice in the field. Its comprehensive coverage, interdisciplinary perspective, and innovative insights would make it an indispensable resource for anyone engaged in the theory or application of systemic functional linguistics.

Chang Chenguang is a professor of linguistics at the School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests include systemic functional theory, discourse analysis, translation studies, and language education. His recent publications include Halliday and Sun Yat-sen University (co-edited with Dai Fan, Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2019), Linguistic Sustainability (co-edited with Yu Changsen, Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2020), and Critical Discourse and Corpus Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar (co-edited with Josef Schmied and Matthias Hofmann, Cuvillier Verlag, 2021).

Yu Hui is a professor of School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University. She serves as vice chair of China Association of Functional Linguistics. She has published extensively in areas including genre analysis (Discourse as Genre: Arresting Semiotics in Research Paper Abstracts, Henan University Press 2003; Essentials to Genre Analysis, Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 2018, Working with Genre—Semiotics in Academic Settings, Springer forthcoming).