Wendy L. Bowcher

orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-6169

List of John Benjamins publications for which Wendy L. Bowcher plays a role.

Journal

Language, Context and Text (LangCT)

Edited by Xingwei Miao and Geoff Williams

ISSN 2589-7233 | E-ISSN 2589-7241

Title

Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theoretical developments and directions

Edited by Wendy L. Bowcher and Tom Bartlett

Special issue of Functions of Language 28:3 (2021) v, 125 pp.

Subjects Corpus linguistics | Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics

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Bartlett, Tom and Wendy L. Bowcher 2021 Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Principles and parameters Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theoretical developments and directions, Bowcher, Wendy L. and Tom Bartlett (eds.), pp. 243–259

Introduction

Bowcher, Wendy L. 2021 Context of situation and the role of language Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theoretical developments and directions, Bowcher, Wendy L. and Tom Bartlett (eds.), pp. 315–341

‘Role’ is typically defined according to the part and/or function that something or someone contributes to a situation. This two-fold perspective is also inherent in discussions of the role of language: the ‘amount’ of language that is involved in a situation and the ‘function’ of language in a… read more | Article

Bowcher, Wendy L. 2015 An exceptional career, a lasting legacy: Professor Emeritus Ruqaiya Hasan (1931–2015) Functions of Language 22:3, pp. 289–296

Ruqaiya Hasan passed away on the 24th of June 2015 not long after complications arose following treatment for lung cancer. She had a remarkable career during which she played a major role in directing the trajectory of Systemic Functional Linguistic research. read more | Article

Bowcher, Wendy L. 2014 Review of Thomson & Armour (2013): Systemic Functional Perspectives of Japanese: Descriptions and Applications Functions of Language 21:2, pp. 259–265

Review

Bowcher, Wendy L. 2014 Issues in developing unified systems for contextual Field and Mode Functions of Language 21:2, pp. 176–209

‘Context of situation’ is a central concept in Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) theory, and recently there has been a renewed interest in modelling context and developing a set of features for the contextual parameters Field, Tenor, and Mode. Much of this work has been inspired by Hasan’s and… read more | Article

Bowcher, Wendy L. 1999 6. Investigating institutionalization in context Text and Context in Functional Linguistics, Ghadessy, Mohsen (ed.), pp. 141 ff.

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