'Describing language: Form and function' Ruqaiya Hasan. Edited by Jonathan J. Webster and Carmel Cloran (2019)

Authors

  • Bo Wang University of Macau
  • Yuanyi Ma Vancouver Island University
  • Mark Nartey University of the West of England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.26906

Keywords:

book review, Describing language, Ruqaiya Hasan, Jonathan J. Webster, Carmel Cloran

Abstract

Describing language: Form and function
Ruqaiya Hasan. Edited by Jonathan J. Webster and Carmel Cloran
Sheffield: Equinox, 2019. 371pp.

Author Biographies

  • Bo Wang, University of Macau

       

  • Yuanyi Ma, Vancouver Island University

    Bo Wang is Research Assistant Professor at Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau. Yuanyi Ma is a researcher at Faculty of Education, Vancouver Island University. Their research interests include Systemic Functional Linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis and language description. They are co-editors of the “Introducing Key Linguists” book series (Routledge) and the Chinese Culture Section of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies. Their recent books include Systemic Functional Translation Studies: Theoretical Insights and New Directions (Equinox, 2021), Translating Tagore’s Stray Birds into Chinese: Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to Chinese Poetry Translation (Routledge, 2021), Systemic Functional Insights on Language and Linguistics (Springer, 2022, with Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen and Isaac N. Mwinlaaru), Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies (Routledge, 2022), Introducing M.A.K. Halliday (Routledge, 2022), and Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: Developments by Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Routledge, 2024).

  • Mark Nartey, University of the West of England

    Mark Nartey is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the School of Arts, University of the West of England, where he is also a member of the Bristol Center for Linguistics. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who investigates semiotic phenomena at the intersection of language, culture, and society. He has published extensively in applied linguistics, discourse studies and communication/media studies. The titles of his recent books are Political Mythmaking, Nationalist Resistance and Populist Performance (Routledge, 2023), Communicative Perspectives on COVID-19 in Ghana (Routledge, 2024) and Communication and Electoral Politics in Ghana (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).

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2024-08-08

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Vol. 16 No. 1: Special Issue: SFLIG 2021

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How to Cite

Wang, B., Ma, Y., & Nartey, M. (2024). ’Describing language: Form and function’ Ruqaiya Hasan. Edited by Jonathan J. Webster and Carmel Cloran (2019). Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 16(1), 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1558/lhs.26906