外国语

外国语 ›› 2020, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 2-20.

• 语言研究 •    

The Effability of Semantic Relations: Describing Attitude

James R. Martin   

  1. Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-20 发布日期:2021-01-12
  • 作者简介:J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, where he is also Deputy Director of the LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building.His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis, focusing on English, Tagalog, Korean and Spanish-with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics, forensic linguistics and social semiotics.Recent publications include a book on teaching academic discourse on-line (Genre Pedagogy in Higher Education, Palgrave Macmillan 2016), with Shoshana Dreyfus, Sally Humphrey and Ahmar Mahboob; a book on Youth Justice Conferencing (Discourse and Diversionary Justice, Palgrave Macmillan 2018), with Michele Zappavigna; and a special issue of Functions of Language 2018 focusing on interpersonal grammar.Eight volumes of his collected papers (edited by Wang Zhenhua, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press) have been published in China (2010, 2012).Professor Martin was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998, and was Head of its Linguistics Section from 2010-2012; he was awarded a Centenary Medal for his services to Linguistics and Philology in 2003.In April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, appointing Professor Martin as Director.Email:james.martin@sydney.edu.au

The Effability of Semantic Relations: Describing Attitude

James R. Martin   

  1. Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2020-04-20 Published:2021-01-12

摘要： This paper explores some aspects of the problem of developing terminology for attitudinal relations in English, as part of a description of evaluation informed by systemic functional linguistics (SFL)-APPRAISAL.It reviews the relational theory of meaning underpinning the description and key dimensions of the Systemic Functional Linguistic theory from which the description is derived.Key issues in the selection of terms and presentation of APPRAISAL systems are then discussed, and suggestions canvassed for possible revisions.The paper highlights the possibilities and challenges involved in naming and presenting semantic relations in descriptions using SFL as their informing theory.

关键词: appraisal, attitude, ineffability, terminology, valeur, axis

Abstract: This paper explores some aspects of the problem of developing terminology for attitudinal relations in English, as part of a description of evaluation informed by systemic functional linguistics (SFL)-APPRAISAL.It reviews the relational theory of meaning underpinning the description and key dimensions of the Systemic Functional Linguistic theory from which the description is derived.Key issues in the selection of terms and presentation of APPRAISAL systems are then discussed, and suggestions canvassed for possible revisions.The paper highlights the possibilities and challenges involved in naming and presenting semantic relations in descriptions using SFL as their informing theory.

Key words: appraisal, attitude, ineffability, terminology, valeur, axis

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