Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2589-7233 | E‑ISSN 2589‑7241
Titles
SFL Appliability, Visibility and Accessibility
Edited by Claudia E. Stoian, Jorge Arús-Hita and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
Special issue of Language, Context and Text 7:2 (2025) v, 277 pp.
Language Typology: A functional perspective
Edited by Alice Caffarel-Cayron, J.R. Martin and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
This book is intended as a systemic functional contribution to language typology both for those who would like to understand and describe particular languages against the background of generalizations about a wide range of languages and also for those who would like to develop typological accounts… read more[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 253] 2004. xiv, 702 pp.
2025 projection in Dagaare: Dynamics in quoting and reporting locutions and ideas Language, Context and Text 7:1, pp. 42–94 | Article
This study examines the dynamics of projection, the grammar of quoting and reporting, in Dagaare (Niger-Congo: Mabia). The study reveals that verbal, mental, and relational processes project other clauses in Dagaare. Projection is encoded by a versatile particle (kɛ́) that serves as: (i) a nexus… read more
2025 SFL appliability, visibility and accessibility SFL Appliability, Visibility and Accessibility, Stoian, Claudia E., Jorge Arús-Hita and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (eds.), pp. 175–199 | Introduction
2022 Systemic functional linguistics as a resource for teacher education and writing development: Emerging properties and applications Language, Context and Text 4:1, pp. 114–145 | Article
This article provides an illustrative and necessarily selective review of scholarship in systemic functional linguistics (SFL) since the 1960s, examining two major strands of application within the institution of education: teacher education and writing development. We explore properties of SFL… read more
2020 Trinocular views of register: Approaching register trinocularly Language, Context and Text 2:1, pp. 3–21 | Article
Michael Halliday’s argument for the value of ‘trinocular vision’ in linguistic research has particular relevance to the observation, exploration and description of register. Taking each semiotic dimension relevant to the characterisation of register by turn, I begin by discussing Halliday’s… read more
2020 Matthiessen on Halliday: An interview with Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen (Part II) Language, Context and Text 2:1, pp. 187–207 | Article
Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen was a long-time collaborator and close friend of M. A. K. Halliday, and has co-authored various books with Halliday, some of which have not yet been published. In the second part of the interview, Matthiessen discusses Halliday’s engagement with computational… read more
2019 Register in Systemic Functional Linguistics Register Studies 1:1, pp. 10–41 | Article
Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen elaborates on the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) approach to register in this contribution to the inaugural issue of Register Studies. He is Chair Professor of the Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he pursues a scholarly… read more
2019 Matthiessen on Halliday: An interview with Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen (Part I) Language, Context and Text 1:2, pp. 366–387 | Article
Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen was a long-time collaborator and close friend of M. A. K. Halliday, and has co-authored various books with him, some of which have not yet been published. In this interview, he describes Halliday’s wide-ranging linguistic interests, provides details of Halliday’s… read more
2017 Ways to move forward in translation studies: A textual perspective Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies, Munday, Jeremy and Meifang Zhang (eds.), pp. 11–26 | Article
Discourse analysis has grown in applied linguistics since the 1970s and its application in translation studies became prominent in the 1990s (Munday 2012, 137). One of the topics in discourse analysis that has been given particular attention by translation scholars is the translation of choices… read more
2015 Introduction: A textual perspective Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies, Munday, Jeremy and Meifang Zhang (eds.), pp. 335–350 | Article
Discourse analysis has grown in applied linguistics since the 1970s and its application in translation studies became prominent in the 1990s (Munday 2012, 137). One of the topics in discourse analysis that has been given particular attention by translation scholars is the translation of choices… read more
2014 Extending the description of process type within the system of transitivity in delicacy based on Levinian verb classes Functions of Language 21:2, pp. 139–175 | Article
In this paper, I report on a long-term research project concerned with the elaboration of the description of the system of PROCESS TYPE (within the overall system of TRANSITIVITY), extending this description in delicacy, or degree of detail. I discuss the background to the research and different… read more
2006 Remembering Bill Mann Functions of Language 13:2, pp. 147–149 | Obituary
2005 A case study of multi-stratal analysis Language and Social Life: Functional perspectives, Love, Kristina (ed.), pp. 123–150 | Article
The domains of application in applied linguistics have changed considerably since the early 1960s. In most of these domains, the fundamental property of language as a resource for making meaning has increasingly been foregrounded. This approach recognises, amongst other dimensions of language, its… read more
2004 1. Introduction: Systemic functional typology Language Typology: A functional perspective, Caffarel-Cayron, Alice, J.R. Martin and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (eds.), pp. 1–76 | Article
2004 10. Descriptive motifs and generalizations Language Typology: A functional perspective, Caffarel-Cayron, Alice, J.R. Martin and Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (eds.), pp. 537–673 | Article
2002 Combining clauses into clause complexes: A multi-faceted view Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson, Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 235–319 | Article
1999 The system of Transitivity: An exploratory study of text-based profiles Functions of Language 6:1, pp. 1–51 | Article
This article presents a preliminary investigation of the quantitative profile of the system of transitivity, measuring the frequency of instantiation of the various transitivity options in text. In particular, it presents the relative frequencies of selections of different process types, different… read more
1996 2. On the Idea of Theory-neutral Descriptions Functional Descriptions: Theory in practice, Hasan, Ruqaiya †, Carmel Cloran and David Butt (eds.), pp. 39–84 | Article
1992 Rhetorical Structure Theory and Text Analysis Discourse Description: Diverse linguistic analyses of a fund-raising text, Mann, William C. and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 39–78 | Article
1988 Semantics for a systemic grammar: The chooser and inquiry framework Linguistics in a Systemic Perspective, Benson, James D., Michael J. Cummings and William S. Greaves (eds.), pp. 221–242 | Article
1988 The structure of discourse and ‘subordination’ Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse, Haiman, John † and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 275–330 | Article
1983 Choosing Primary Tense in English Studies in Language 7:3, pp. 369–429 | Article