Developing Systemic Functional Linguistics - Theory and Application - Fang Yan
3. The meaning of function: Syntax in Systemic Functional Linguistics
Developing Systemic Functional Linguistics - Theory and Application - Fang Yan
Zhang Delu [+]
Tongji University
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Zhang Delu is Professor of linguistics and applied linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; His major research areas are systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, functional stylistics, social semiotics and foreign language teaching.
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The present chapter is intended to explore the areas concerned with these questions, to give a clearer picture of the relations between the different areas and models, and suggest tentatively the directions to be pursued in future research.