胡壮麟

Hu Zhuanglin, whose publicly available biographical information is limited and whose identity and life details are not recorded in the available sources, can nonetheless be identified from his signed works as a scholar long engaged in the teaching and study of linguistics. Nine of his works are held in the collection, including multiple editions of A Course in Linguistics and its workbooks, English-language editions of the course, An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics, and Cognitive Metaphor Studies. His writing consists mainly of textbooks, characterized by clear structure and standardized terminology, combining theoretical exposition with accompanying exercises, and is widely used in linguistics courses and exam preparation. The frequent revisions of A Course in Linguistics, including the fifth Chinese edition and its workbook, continue a concise and practical style, while the introduction to systemic functional linguistics reflects his sustained attention to functional linguistics, showing a classroom-oriented and teaching-serving approach to compilation.