This edited volume introduces the latest research in Systemic Functional
Linguistics (SFL), which provides a sophisticated social semiotic
architecture for exploring meaning in linguistic and multimodal texts in
the context of Southeast Asia. The book explores the ideational,
interpersonal and/or textual metafunctions in creative works, education,
media and typological studies, unpacking the interaction between theory
and practice in Systemic Functional Linguistics in Southeast Asia - a
significant region in terms of the growing numbers\ of researchers and
research projects concentrated in this area. It brings together original
chapters by both emerging and reputable scholars studying established
and novel texts in English, Indonesian, Malay, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai
and Vietnamese from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam. Work on SFL-based typologies of languages other
than English is a developing and important area of research, making this
compilation particularly timely. It will be of particular interest to
language scholars seeking to understand the recent growth and use of
Systemic Functional Linguistics in other regions.