The 30th Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) of City University of Macau (CityU), opened recently at the Ho Yin Convention Centre, Taipa campus. The symposium adopted a hybrid format, combining online and on-site format, attracting over 40 scholars specializing in systemic functional linguistics from more than 30 universities worldwide to present their research.
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This year’s symposium brought together numerous renowned experts in the field, including Professor J.R. Martin from the University of Sydney; Professor C.M.I.M. Matthiessen, formerly of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Professor J.J. Webster from the City University of Hong Kong; Professor Tom Bartlett from the University of Glasgow; and Professor Zhihui Fang from the University of Florida. Distinguished scholars from mainland China and Macao also participated, including Professor Hu Zhuanglin, a senior professor at Peking University; Professor Huang Guowen, associate dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at CityU and Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education; Professor He Wei, Changjiang Scholar from Beijing Foreign Studies University; Professor Peng Xuanwei from Shenzhen University; Professor Chang Chenguang from Sun Yat-sen University; Professor Miao Xingwei from Beijing Normal University; Professor Yang Yanning from East China Normal University; and Professor Yang Bingjun from Sun Yat-sen University.
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With the theme “Appliable Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,” this symposium commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of M.A.K. Halliday, the founder of systemic functional linguistics. The discussions centered on cutting-edge topics such as the development of systemic functional linguistics, appliable linguistics, discourse analysis, AI-driven discourse analysis, applied linguistics, educational linguistics, ecolinguistics, and systemic functional translation studies.
Applied linguistics is one of the key teaching and research areas at CityU, where the university actively employs linguistic and applied linguistic theories and methods in its academic and research endeavors. Among various linguistic theories, systemic functional linguistics holds significant importance in guiding applied linguistics and language teaching research, as both appliable linguistics and applied linguistics place strong emphasis on language education.
The symposium was supported by several co-organizing institutions, including: the Functional Linguistics Committee of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English, the English-Chinese Discourse Analysis Committee of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese, and the Ecolinguistics Committee of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese. Additionally, five academic journals provided support: Foreign Languages in China (Higher Education Press), Journal of World Languages (De Gruyter), Linguistics and the Human Sciences (University of Toronto Press), The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Scilight Press), and Word (Journal of the International Linguistic Association, published by Taylor & Francis).
Source: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Photo Credit: CityU Reporter
