Nature of English

Words, meaning and vocabulary: an introduction to modern English lexicology
Howard Jackson, Etienne Zé Amvela (2001)

Patterns and meanings: using corpora for English language research and teaching
(PolyU e-resource)
Alan Partington (1998)

Trust the text : language, corpus and discourse
(PolyU e-resource)
John Sinclair (2004)

vocabulary: applied linguistic perspective
Ronald Carter (1998)

Predicting new words : the secrets of their success
Allan Metcalf. (2002)

Key terms in systemic functional linguistics
Matthiessen, Christian M.I.M., Kazuhiro Teruya & Marvin Lam. 2010.

Analysing English in a Global Context: A Reader
Burns, A. and Coffin, C. (eds.) 2001.

Learning advanced French through SFL: learning SFL in French. (Book Chapter)
Heidi Byrnes (ed.) (2006).

Language Education in the Primary Years.
Christie, Fran. 2005.

Language, knowledge and pedagogy: Functional linguistic and sociological perspectives.
Christie, Fran & Martin, J.R. (eds.) 2007.

Grammatical Metaphor: Views from Systemic Functional Linguistics.
Simon-Vandenbergen, M. Taverniers, & L. Ravelli (eds.) (2003)

Language typology: a functional perspective (Book chapter)
Caffarel, A., Martin, J. R., & Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M (2004).

Systemic functional grammar of Chinese: a text-based analysis
Li, Eden. 2007.

Functional English Grammar: An Introduction for Second Language Teachers
Lock, Graham. 1996.

Genre and Institutions: Social Processes in the Workplace and School
Martin, J.R. & Fran Christie (eds.) 1997

A University Course in English Grammar, Dowing, A. ()

English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation. Beth, D. (1993)

Construing Experience through Meaning: A Language-based Approach to Cognition. M.A.K. Halliday,& Christian, Matthiessen (2006)

Introducing Sociolinguistics, Myerhoff, M. (2006)

Language Diversity Endangered, Brenzinger, M (ed.) (2007)

Language in Hong Kong at Century’s End
Pennington, M.C. (ed.) (1998).

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Ronald Wardhaugh (2010)

Postcolonial English: Varieties around the World
Schneider, E. (2007).

Englishes: critical concepts in linguistics, Volume 4
Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru (2006)

The Cambridge History of the English Language
Crystal, D. (2002)

World English A study of its development
Janina Brutt-Griffler (2002)

Languages in a Globalising World.
Maurais, J. and Morris, M.A. (eds.) (2003).

Asian English: Beyond the Canon, Kachru, B.B, (2005)

English in the World: Global Rules, Global Roles.
Rudby, R. and Saraceni, M. (2006).

World English in Asian Context. Kachru, Y. & Nelson, C. (2006)

Hong Kong English: Autonomy and Creativity
Bolton, K. (ed.) (2002)

World Englishes: a resource book for students
Jennifer Jenkins (2003)

The Dynamic Interlanguage
Miriam R. Eisenstein (1989)

The new handbook of second language acquisition
William C. Ritchie,Tej K. Bhatia (2009)

Psychology of language
David W. Carroll (2008)

An introduction to international varieties of English
Laurie Bauer (2002)

Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows, Pennycook, A. (2007)

English And Globalization: Perspectives From Hong Kong And Mainland China, Tam, K. L. & Weiss, T. (eds.) (2004)