In:Expanding Horizons in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Interdisciplinary applications, multimodality, and theoretical advances
Edited by Claudia E. Stoian and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 80] 2027
► pp. 1–17
Introduction
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Article outline
- The appliable heart: Language as resource
- SFL as an inherently transdisciplinary — even metadisciplinary — theory
- The challenge of visibility: Historical and geopolitical factors
- Multi-dimensional accessibility: Breaking down barriers
- Toward a transdisciplinary future
- The present volume
- Section 1. Interdisciplinary applications of SFL
- Section 2. Multimodal and multilingual studies
- Section 3. Typological and theoretical refinements
- Section 4. Context-specific analyses
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