Meaning matters

A Short History of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4168656
AutoresJ R Martins (0000-0002-8463-4849, The University of Sydney, autor correspondente), J R Martin
Ano2016
Volume62
Fascículo1
Páginas35-58
Data de publicação2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWORD (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-7956 • E-ISSN: 2373-5112
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00437956.2016.1141939
OpenAlexW2339090124
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas52

This paper presents a brief history of systemic functional linguistics (hereafter SFL), taking Halliday's 1961 WORD paper, 'Categories of the theory of grammar', as point of departure. It outlines the key strands of thought which have informed the development of SFL, focusing on (i) why it is referred to as systemic, as functional and as systemic functional, (ii) how it developed this orientation with reference to phonology, lexicogrammar and discourse semantics and (iii) how it has extended this perspective to models of context (register and genre) and multimodality (taking into consideration modalities of communication beyond language). The paper ends with a brief note on recent developments and a comment on the dialectic of theory and practice through which SFL positions itself as an appliable linguistics

Applied linguistics · Clinical linguistics · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Grammar · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Perspective (graphical · Phonology · Quantitative linguistics · Sociology · Systemic functional grammar · Systemic functional linguistics · Theoretical linguistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology