The Routledge Handbook of Transdisciplinary Systemic Functional Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Transdisciplinary Systemic Functional Linguistics offers a groundbreaking exploration of how M.A.K. Halliday’s influential work extends beyond traditional linguistic boundaries to address today’s most complex problems.

Rebekah Wegener is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Drawing on functional approaches to language, her research connects theoretical frameworks with applications through multimodal interaction across contexts, computer mediated communication and human computer interaction. Bridging linguistics and practical applications, she explores human-centered and explainable AI in medical and educational domains.

Akila Sellami Baklouti is a Professor of English language and linguistics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sfax (Tunisia). She mainly lectures on systemic functional grammar, academic writing and research methodology. Her research interests and PhD supervision areas include systemic functional linguistics, genre analysis and genre-based contrastive and translation studies.

Anne McCabe holds a joint appointment in the Departments of English and Communication at Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus, where she has taught courses in rhetoric, academic writing, linguistics, public speaking, and English as an additional language

Lise Fontaine is a Professor in the Department of Lettres et Communication Sociale at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), and also serves as Director of the undergraduate program committee. Her academic work is centred on linguistic theory, with specific interests in functional grammar, lexico-grammar, semantics, and referring expressions. Fontaine applies linguistic approaches in interdisciplinary contexts as well.