Books by Professor Christian Matthiessen

Focussing on both theoretical and descriptive, this book contains a reference to the semantics of Chinese. It aims at how human beings construe their experience of the world. It offers an interpretation that is complementary to this, treating experience not as knowing but as meaning; and hence as something that is construed in language.

The field of systemic functional linguistics is a social semiotic approach to language pioneered by M A K Halliday, which has assumed a central importance in linguistics, anchored by a growing body of work. This book details the key terms, the key thinkers and the key texts in this field.