內容簡介
本書是介紹功能語法理論的入門書，是閱讀M. A. K. Halliday 的經典學術著作《功能語法導論》（An Introduction to Functional Grammar）的預備讀本，語言通俗易懂。與第一版相比，本版增加了新的語料數據和系統網路介紹，重點討論了語法分析如何在語篇層面解釋和闡明意義，並回答了以下問題：為什麼有必要用一個新的模式和方法來看待和分析語言？系統功能語法是怎樣用自己的術語來描述和解釋語言現象的？較之於其他語法模式，系統功能語法為什麼更為可行可取？
目錄
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 The purposes of linguistic analysis
1.1 Starting points
1.1.1 Going in through form
1.1.2 Going in through meaning
1.2 Language, context and function: a preliminary exploration Exercise
2 Recognizing clauses and clause constituents
2.1 Breaking up the sentence - and labelling the parts
2.1.1 Recognizing constituents
2.1.2 Structural and functional labels
2.2 Ranks
Exercises
3 An overview of functional grammar
3.1 Three kinds of meaning
