Table of Contents

Prefacaxxxi
PartⅠTheClause

1 Thearchitectureoflanguage
1.1 Textandgrammar
1.2 Phonologyandgrammar
1.3 Basicconceptsforthestudyoflanguage
1.4 Thelocationofgrammarinlanguage；theroleofthecorpus

2 Towardsafunctionalgrammar
2.1 Towardsagrammaticalanalysis
2.2 Thelexico.grammarcline
2.3 Grammaticalization
2.4 Grammarandthecorpus
2.5 Classesandfunctions
2.6 Subject，Actor,Theme
2.7 Threelinesofmeaningintheclause

3 Clauseasmessage
3.1 ThemeandRheme
3.2 GrouporphrasecomplexesasTheme；thematicequatives
3.3 Themeandmood
3.4 Textual，interpersonalandtopicalThemes
3.5 Theinformationunit；Given‘New
3.6 Given+NewandTheme+Rheme
3.7 PredicatedThemes
3.8 Themeinbound，minorandellipticalclauses
3.9 Thematicinterpretationofatext

4 Clauseasexchange
4.1 Thenatureofdialogue
4.2 TheMoodelement
4.3 OtherelementsofMoodstructure
4.4 MOODassystem；furtheroptions
4.5 Polarityandmodality
4.6 Absenceofelementsofthemodalstructure
4.7 ClauseasSubject
4.8 Texts

5 Clauseasrepresentation
5.1 Modellingexperienceofchange
5.2 Materialclauses：processesofdoing—and-happening
5.3 Mentalclauses：processesofsensing
5.4 Relationalclauses：processesofbeingandhaving
5.5 Otherprocesstypes：summaryofprocesstypes
5.6 Circumstantialelements
5.7 Transitivityandvoice：anotherinterpretation
5.8 Textillustrations

PartⅡ Above，BelowandBeyondtheClause
6 Belowtheclause：groupsandphrases
6.1 Groupsandphrases
6.2 Nominalgroup
6.3 Verbalgroup
6.4 Adverbialgroup，conjunctiongroup，prepositiongroup
6.5 Prepositionalphrase
6.6 Wordclassesandgroupfunctions

7 Abovetheclause：theclausecomplex
7.1 Thenotionof‘clausecomplex’
7.2 Trpesofrelationshipbetweenclauses
7.3 TAXIS：parataxisandhypotaxis
7.4 Elaborating，extending，enhancing：threekindsofexpansion
7.5 Repots，ideasandfacts：threekindsofprojection
7.6 Clausecomplexandtone
7.7 Texts

8 Groupandphrasecomplexes
8.1 Overviewofcomplexingatgrouporphraserank
8.2 Parataxis：groupsandphrases
8.3 Hypotaxis：nominalgroup
8.4 Hypotaxis：adverbialgrouporprepositionalphrase
8.5 Hypotaxis：verbalgroup,expansion(1)：general
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8．6 Hypotaxis：verbal group, expansion(2)：passives 
8．7 Hypotaxis：verbal group ,expansion(3)：causative 
8．8 Hypotaxis：verbal group, projection 5 1 5
8．9 Logical organization：complexes at clause and group or phrase rank and groups 

9 Around the clause：cohesion and discourse 
9．1 The concept of text；logogenetic patterns 
9．2 The lexico grammatical resources of COHESl0N 
9．3 Conjunction 
9．4 Reference 
9．5 Ellipsis and substitution 
9．6 Lexical cohesion 
9．7 The creation of texture 

10 Beyond the clause：metaphorical modes of expression 
10．1 Lexico grammar and semantics 
10．2 Semantic domains 
10．3 Modality 
l0．4 Interpersonal metaphor：metaphors of mood 
10．5 Ideational metaphors 
References 
Index

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