Jonathan J. Webster is Professor of Linguistics at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.David Butt is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University, AustraliaFederico Navarro is Associate Professor of Education at Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPreface, Jonathan J. Webster (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), David Butt (Macquarie University, Australia) and Federico Navarro (Universidad de O'Higgins, Chile)1. Ideas and New Directions Two Decades Into the 21st Century, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)2. Methods, Techniques and Problems, M.A.K. Halliday (University of Sydney, Australia)3. The Place of Context in a Systemic Functional Model, Ruqaiya Hasan (Macquarie University, Australia)4. Discourse Studies, James R. Martin (University of Sydney, Australia)5. Language Development, Clare Painter (University of Sydney, Australia)6. Stylistic Analysis: Construing Aesthetic Organisation, Annabelle Lukin and David Butt (Macquarie University, Australia)7. Critical Discourse Studies: Memory and Gender in a Latin American Film, Mariana Achugar and Sara Perez8. Language in Education, Pauline Jones (University of Wollongong, Australia)9. Exploring the Orchestration of Multi-Semiotic Resources in Television Commercial (TVC) Message Construction, Francis Lo 10. Resources, Michael O’Donnell (George Washington University, USA)11. Keywords, M.A.K. Halliday (University of Sydney, Australia)Index

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