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The dialectic of theory and practice: SFL as an appliable linguistics  Chang Chenguang School of Foreign Languages Sun Yat-sen University 24 September 2010  Introduction Systemic Functional Linguistics has always stressed the dialectic interaction between theory and practice. Halliday’s vision is to construct an appliable theory that can be helpful to people who are engaging with language in their work. an appliable theory: the emphasis of SFL on social accountability Martin: neo-Marxist theory that is ideologically committed to social action It can continue growing as the dialectic of theory and practice. Huang (2000): spread and development of SFL in China There are many reasons why SLF has been developing rapidly in China, and one of the most important factors is its practicality and appliability. …because SFL emphasizes studying language in use… and it is a theory particularly suitable for discourse analysis… Appliability: one of the attractions of the theory 26 March 2006, the official launch of the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies Halliday’s inaugural lecture: Working with meaning: towards an Appliable Linguistics: Webster: Professor Hallidays theoretical approach, with its focus on modeling meaning and emphasis on social accountability, provides the basis for the Halliday Centres research in appliable linguistics. Halliday examined how the scientific study of language helps solve communication problems in many aspects of modern life, including education, culture, health and safety. … He has investigated many activities in which an effective outcome depends on applying a theoretical understanding of language to solving problems…  December, 2006, Sun Yat-sen University Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Theme: Systemic Functional Linguistics as Appliable Linguistics Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (2006): Systemic Functional Linguistics — appliability: areas of research” Systemic Functional Lin