<B><br/><br/><P></P></B><EM><br/><br/><P>The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics</EM> brings together internationally renowned scholars of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) to provide a space for critical examination of the key tenets underpinning SFL theory. Uniquely, it includes description of the three main strands within contemporary SFL scholarship: Halliday¿s <EM>Introduction to Functional Grammar</EM>, Martin¿s discourse semantics and Fawcett¿s Cardiff Grammar.</P><br/><br/><P>In five sections and thirty-eight interdisciplinary chapters, this is the first handbook to cover the whole architecture of SFL theory, comprising: </P><br/><br/><UL><br/><br/><UL><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>the ontology and epistemology of SFL;</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>SFL as a clause grammar;</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>lexicogrammar below the clause, and SFL¿s approach to constituency;</LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>SFL¿s v