Overview

As a collection of eight contributions drawing on full-fledged SFL to translation studies, the book includes studies that centre on the theoretical and methodological framework, with instances of translation between different languages being treated as illustrations of phenomena that arise in translation rather than as empirical evidence forming part of a large-scale study. Arranged chronologically to reflect the development of ideas, the eight chapters are all written by Halliday and Matthiessen and are based on Hallidayan SFL rather than other ""variants"" of SFL. The chapters can all be characterized as text-based, meaning-oriented, system-oriented and metafunctional. They involve different aspects of language operating in context of culture, serving to explore the notion of translation as recreation of meaning in context.

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Author:   Bo Wang ,  Yuanyi Ma ,  Christian Matthiessen
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487566487

ISBN 10:   1487566484
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   16 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma Personal Note Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen 1. Towards a Theory of Good Translation M.A.K. Halliday 2. The Environments of Translation Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen 3. Multilingual Studies as a Multi-dimensional Space of Interconnected Language Studies Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Kazuhiro Teruya, Canzhong Wu 4. The Gloosy Ganoderm: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Translation M.A.K. Halliday 5. Pinpointing the Choice: Meaning and the Search for Equivalents in a Translated Text M.A.K. Halliday 6. Choice in Translation: Metafunctional Considerations Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen 7. The Notion of a Multilingual Meaning Potential: A Systemic Exploration Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen 8. Translation, Multilingual Text Production and Cognition Viewed in Terms of Systemic Functional Linguistics Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen

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Bo Wang is a researcher in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Yuanyi Ma is a researcher in the Faculty of Education at Vancouver Island University. Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen is professor of linguistics at Complutense University of Madrid.

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