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Professor James Martin

Professor James Martin

BA(Hons) York (Can.) MA Tor PhD Essex

+61 2 9351 4227
Room 216, Transient Building F12

J R Martin is Professor of Linguistics (Personal Chair) at the University of Sydney. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis, focusing on English and Tagalog - with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics, forensic linguistics and social semiotics. Recent publications include The Language of Evaluation (with Peter White) Palgrave 2005; Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy (Edited with Fran Christie) Continuum 2007; and with David Rose, a second edition of Working with Discourse (Continuum 2007) and a book on genre (Genre Relations: mapping culture, Equinox 2008). He has recently completed a 2nd edition of the 1997 functional grammar workbook, with Clare Painter and Christian Matthiessen, Deploying Functional Grammar (Commercial Press, Beijing 2010) and an edited collection (with Monika Bednarek), New Discourse on Language (Continuum 2010). The first 4 of 8 volumes of his collected papers (edited by Wang Zhenhua, Shanghai Jiaotong University Press) are being published in 2010. Professor Martin was elected a fellow the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1998, and awarded a Centenary Medal for his services to Linguistics and Philology in 2003.

Research Interests

  • Systemic theory,
  • functional grammar,
  • discourse semantics,
  • register,
  • genre,
  • multimodality and critical discourse analysis,
  • focussing on English and Tagalog - with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics and social semiotics.

Recent Publications (2005-2010)

Books

  • The Language of Evaluation: appraisal in English. (J R Martin & P R R White) London: Palgrave. 2005. 278pp. [Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press; paperback edition Palgrave 2007; reprinted by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press 200x - for distribution in the Peoples Republic of China only].
  • Shidonii Gakuha no SFL: Haridei Gengo Riron no Tenkai. [previously published papers translated by Hiro Tsukada]. Tokyo. 2005.
  • Genre relations: mapping culture. (J R Martin & David Rose). London: Equinox. 2008. 289pp.
  • Learning to write/reading to learn: scaffolding democracy in literacy classrooms. (David Rose & J R Martin). London: Equinox. in preparation for 2011.
  • Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory. Vol. 1: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. 2010.
  • Discourse Semantics. Vol. 2: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. 2010.
  • Context: genre. Vol. 3: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in press for 2010.
  • Context: register. Vol. 4: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in press for 2010.
  • Discourse Analysis. Vol. 5: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in preparation.
  • Critical Discourse Analysis/Positive Discourse Analysis. Vol. 6: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in preparation.
  • Language in Education. Vol. 7: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in preparation.
  • Forensic Linguistics. Vol. 8: Collected Works of J R Martin (Wang Zhenhua Ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. in preparation.

Edited books

  • Bednarek, M, Martin, J R 2010, New Discourse on Language: Functional Perspectives on Multimodality, Identity, and Affiliation, Continuum Press, London, United Kingdom
  • Christie, F H, Martin, J R 2007, Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional Linguistic and Sociological Perspectives, Continuum, London

Journal articles

  • Martin, J R Forthcoming, What kind of structure? - interpersonal meaning and prosodic realisation across strata. Word (Special Issue on 'The realization of interpersonal meaning' edited by K Davidse and A-M Simon-Vandenbergen)
  • Martin, J R 2009, Genre and language learning: A social semiotic perspective, Linguistics and Education, 20(1), 10-21
  • Martin, J R, Zappavigna, M, Dwyer, P G 2009, Negotiating narrative: story structure and identity in youth justice conferencing, Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 3(2), 221-253
  • Martin, J R 2009, Realisation, instantiation and individuation: some thoughts on identity in youth justice conferencing, Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada, 25(Especial), 549-583
  • Martin, J R 2008, Incongruent and proud: de-vilifying "nominalization", Discourse & Society, 19(6), 801-810
  • Martin, J R 2008, Negotiating values: narrative and exposition, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 5(1), 41-55
  • Freebody, P R, Maton, K, Martin, J R 2008, Talk, text and knowledge in cumulative, integrated learning: A response to "intellectual challenge", Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 31(2), 188-201
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2007, Interacting with text: the role of dialogue in learning to read and write, Foreign Languages in China, 4(5), 66-80
  • Martin, J R 2006, Genre, ideology and intertextuality: a systemic functional perspective, Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 2(2), 275-298
  • Martin, J R 2006, Positive Discourse Analysis: Power, Solidarity and Change, Journal of English Studies, 4(14), 21-35
  • Martin, J R 2006, Vernacular deconstruction: undermining spin, Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada, 22(1), 177-203
  • Hood, S, Martin, J R 2005, Invocacion de actitudes: El juego de la gradacion de la valoracion en el discurso, Revista Signos: estudios de lengua y literatura, 38(58), 195-220

Book chapters

  • Martin, J R forthcoming 2011, Conclusion: Multimodal semiotics: theoretical challenges, Semiotic Margins: Meaning in Multimodalites, Continuum, London
  • Painter, C, Martin, J R, Unsworth, L forthcoming 2011, Organizing visual meaning: FRAMING and BALANCE in picture book images, Semiotic Margins: Meaning in Multimodalites, Continuum, London
  • Mahboob, A, Dreyfus, S, Humphrey, S L, Martin, J R 2010, Appliable linguistics and English language teaching: the Scaffolding Literacy in Adult and Tertiary Environments (SLATE) project, Appliable Linguistics, Continuum, London, 25-43
  • Martin, J R, Zappavigna, M, Dwyer, P G 2010, Negotiating evaluation: story structure and appraisal in youth justice conferencing, Appliable Linguistics, Continuum, London, 44-75
  • Martin, J R 2010, Semantic Variation - Modelling Realization, Instantiation and Individuation in Social Semiosis, New Discourse on Language: Functional Perspectives on Multimodality, Identity, and Affiliation, Continuum Press, London, United Kingdom, 1-34
  • Humphrey, S L, Martin, J R, Dreyfus, S, Mahboob, A 2010, The 3x3: setting up a linguistic toolkit for teaching academic writing, Appliable Linguistics, Continuum, London, 185-199
  • Zappavigna, M, Cleirigh, C T, Dwyer, P G, Martin, J R 2010, The coupling of gesture and phonology, New Discourse on Language: Functional Perspectives on Multimodality, Identity, and Affiliation, Continuum Press, London, United Kingdom, 219-236
  • Zappavigna, M, Cleirigh, C, Dwyer, P G, Martin, J R 2010, Visualizing appraisal prosody, Appliable Linguistics, Continuum, London, 150-167
  • Martin, J R 2009, Boomer Dreaming: the texture of re-colonisation in a lifestyle magazine, Text Type and Texture, Equinox Publishing, London, 252-284
  • Martin, J R 2009, Discourse Studies, Continuum Companion to Systemic Functional Linguistics, Continuum Press, London, 154-165
  • Martin, J R, Zappavigna, M, Dwyer, P G 2009, Negotiating shame: exchange and genre structure in youth justice conferencing, Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 41-72
  • Martin, J R 2008, Innocence: realisation, instantiation and individuation in a Botswanan town, Questioning Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 32-76
  • Martin, J R 2008, Intermodal reconciliation: mates in arms, New Literacies and the English Curriculum: Multimodal Perspectives, Continuum, London, 112-148
  • Zappavigna, M, Dwyer, P G, Martin, J R 2008, Syndromes of meaning: exploring patterned coupling in a NSW youth justice conference, Questioning Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 164-185
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2007, Conjunction: logical connections, Working with Discourse - meaning beyond the clause, Continuum, London, 115-154
  • Martin, J R 2007, Construing knowledge: a functional linguistic perspective, Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional Linguistic and Sociological Perspectives, Continuum, London, 34-64
  • Martin, J R 2007, Genre and field: social processes and knowledge structures in systemic functional semiotics, Conference of the 33rd International Systemic Functional Congress (2006), Pontifica Universidade Catholica Sao Paulo, Sao Paolo, 1-35
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2007, Ideation: construing experience, Working with Discourse - meaning beyond the clause, Continuum, London, 73-113
  • Martin, J R, Stenglin, M K 2007, Materialising Reconciliation: negotiating difference in a transcolonial exhibition, New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, 215-238
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2007, Negotiation: Interacting in Dialogue, Working with Discourse - meaning beyond the clause, Continuum, London, 219-254
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2007, Tackling a Text, Working with Discourse - meaning beyond the clause, Continuum, London, 255-293
  • Christie, F H, Martin, J R, Maton, K, Muller, J 2007, Taking stock: future directions in research in knowledge structure, Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional Linguistic and Sociological Perspectives, Continuum, London, 239-257
  • Martin, J R 2007, Ways of feeling: how to tell a tale, System, Function and Appraisal, Higher Education Press, Beijing, 102-199
  • Martin, J R 2006, Metadiscourse: designing interaction in genre-based literacy programs, Language and Literacy: functional approaches, Continuum, London, 95-122
  • Hood, S, Martin, J R 2006, Invoking attitude: the play of graduation in appraising discourse, Continuing Discourse on Language - a functional perspective, Equinox, London, 2, 737-762
  • Martin, J R, Rose, D 2005, Designing literacy pedagogy: scaffolding democracy in the classroom, Continuing Discourse on Language - a functional perspective, Equinox, London, 1, 251-280
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