Discourses of Southeast Asia
A Social Semiotic Perspective
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Beschreibung
Discourses of Southeast Asia presents the latest Southeast Asian research in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). SFL provides a sophisticated social semiotic architecture for exploring meaning in languages and texts in the context of Southeast Asia. This edited volume examines the ideational, interpersonal and textual metafunctions in the domains of education, media, translation and language typology. It applies SFL in text analysis so as to be relevant to theory, research and professional practice. This book brings together 12 original chapters by both seasoned and emerging scholars. Their chapters study the ‘native’ languages of Southeast Asia: Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese, and relatively newer languages in Southeast Asia: English and Mandarin. The chapters analyze a variety of texts, namely advertisements, classroom interactions, corporate reports, dramas, interviews, media reports, narratives, novels, textbooks and video clips. This volume captures the exciting and productive state of the art of SFL in Southeast Asia. It will be of particular interest to scholars trying to understand the application of SFL in this region.
This edited volume introduces the latest research in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), which provides a sophisticated social semiotic architecture for exploring meaning in linguistic and multimodal texts in the context of Southeast Asia. The book explores the ideational, interpersonal and/or textual metafunctions in creative works, education, media and typological studies, unpacking the interaction between theory and practice in Systemic Functional Linguistics in Southeast Asia - a significant region in terms of the growing numbers\ of researchers and research projects concentrated in this area. It brings together original chapters by both emerging and reputable scholars studying established and novel texts in English, Indonesian, Malay, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Work on SFL-based typologies of languages other than English is a developing and important area of research, making this compilation particularly timely. It will be of particular interest to language scholars seeking to understand the recent growth and use of Systemic Functional Linguistics in other regions.
The first book to specialize in Systemic Functional Linguistics research in the context of Southeast Asia Reflects the latest regional research in Systemic Functional Linguistics on education, media, translation and language typology Provides a comprehensive treatment of a variety of languages and texts routinely encountered in Southeast Asia
Autor*in
Kumaran Rajandran
Themen in »Discourses of Southeast Asia«
Systemic Functional Linguistics Semiotics from Southeast Asia Southeast Asian texts and languages Translation and typology Transitivity in Thai political science texts Behavioural Process in English and Vietnamese Process Types in Malay narrative texts Systemic Functional Linguistics and education Systemic Functional Linguistics and translation Systemic Functional Linguistics and typology Pock-Mark Liu and Wang Lifa Systemic Functional Linguistics and discourse The R2L bilingual program in Indonesia Malaysian ESL students’ workplace writing discourse analysis