《馬丁文集(8法律語言研究)》以“法律語言研究”冠名，收錄馬丁教授近年來發表的與法律語言有關的論文。這些論文除第一篇外，基本上都是從繫統功能語言學的角度研究澳大利亞新南威爾士州的恢復性司法語篇的。
法律語言研究歸屬於法律語言學學科，因此有必要對這門學科的研究做簡單介紹，以便讀者對法律語言學研究的現狀有一個初步認識。此外，本導讀對各篇文章做了簡單綜述。本書由王振華編。

《馬丁文集(8法律語言研究)》為《馬丁文集》第8卷，收錄了馬丁 2008年以來發表的11篇有關法律與語言的學術論文。第一篇是指導語篇語 義研究的理論框架，其他各篇是在這個理論框架下對恢復性司法語篇的研 究。研究的焦點涉及澳大利亞新南威爾士州青少年犯罪司法調解協商會中 的耦合現像、身份建構、語類結構特點等。 《馬丁文集(8法律語言研究)》中的論文是體現化、實例化和個性化三 個層級理論應用的集萃。本書由王振華編。

The Author's Introduction
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Semantic Variation -- Modelling Realization, Instantiation and Individuation in Social Semiosis (2010)
'Just Like Sort of Guilty Kind of': The Rhetoric of Tempered Admission in Youth Justice Conferencing (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer) (2008)
Syndromes of Meaning: Exploring Patterned Coupling in a NSW Youth Justice Conference (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer)(2008)
Realisation, Instantiation and Individuation: Some Thoughts on Identity in Youth Justice Conferencing (2009)
Negotiating Shame: Exchange and Genre Structure in Youth Justice Conferencing (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer) (2009)
Negotiating Narrative: Story Structure and Identity in Youth Justice Conferencing (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer)(2007/2009)
Negotiating Evaluation: Story Structure and Appraisal in Youth Justice Conferencing (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer) (2010)
The Coupling of Gesture and Phonology (with Michele Zappavigna, Chris Cleirigh and Paul Dwyer) (2010)
Visualizing Appraisal Prosody (with Michele Zappavigna, Chris Cleirigh and Paul Dwyer) (2010)
Beyond Redemption: Choice and Consequence in Youth Justice Conferencing (with Michele Zappavigna and Paul Dwyer)(to appear)
Users in Uses of Language: Embodied Identity in Youth Justice Conferencing (with M. Zappavigna, C. Cleirigh and P. Dwyer)(to appear)
References
Index