Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Preface, Michele Zappavigna and Shoshana Dreyfus Acknowledgements 1. J. R. Martin, Language and Linguistics, Yaegan Doran 2. Attitudinal Alignments in Journalistic Commentary and Social-Media Argumentation: The Construction of Values-Based Group Identities in the Online Comments of Newspaper Readers, Peter White 3. The Foundational Role of Discourse Semantics beyond Language, John Bateman 4. Construing Entities through Nominal Groups in Chinese, Pin Wang 5. Launching Research: A Martinian Perspective on Science Pedagogy, Sally Humphrey, Jing Hao and David Rose 6. Familiarity for the Unfamiliar: Thailand, Kinship, Culture and Language, John Knox 7. Intermodal Relations, Mass and Presence in School Science Explanation Genres, Len Unsworth 8. Engaging Readers and Institutionalizing Attitude: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Multimodal EFL Pedagogic Materials, Yumin Chen 9. Uncovering “The Story” behind Meaningful Texts: Bilingual Students’ Intentions and Linguistic Choices, Maria Estela Brisk and Jasmine Alvarado 10. We Are All One: Shifting Reference in Reconciliation Talk, Lise Fontaine and Katy Jones 11. A Nation Remembers: Discourses of Change, Mourning, and Reconciliation on Australia Day, Helen Caple and Monika Bednarek Index

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Examines and develops the theoretical contributions of James R. Martin to the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics

About the Author

Michele Zappavigna is Senior Lecturer at the School of the Arts and Media, University of New South Wales, Australia. Shoshana Dreyfus is Senior Lecturer of Linguistics, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Reviews

For Jim Martin, linguistics must make a difference in addressing social issues and themes while demonstrating rigour in methodology. This volume illustrates the ways his particular take on systemic functional linguistics works, in discourse semantics, literacy, attitudinal expression and inter-modality, also revealing the original manner in which analyses are pursued.
*Frances Christie, Emeritus Professor of Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne, Australia*

Throughout his professional life spanning decades, Jim Martin has been a pioneering force for bridging the connections between linguistics and society. This collection represents a much deserved tribute to Jim on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. It includes a biographic account of the development of his linguistic thinking as well as chapters debating and developing key concepts across genre, discourse semantics, lexicogrammar, and affiliation.
*Wang Zhenhua, Professor of Linguistics and Director of The Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China*

Inspired by Jim Martin’s pioneering contribution to the development SFL theory and its applications in language pedagogy, linguistic typology and the discourses of reconciliation, this volume represents a major tour de force of scholarship dedicated to the goal Jim shared with his mentor, M.A.K. Halliday: applying linguistics to improve the human condition.
*Jonathan Webster, Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation and Director of the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong*