托马斯?布卢尔（Thomas Bloor）：英国阿斯顿大学语言与社会科学学院研究员，主要研究方向为功能语言学。梅里埃尔?布卢尔（Meriel Bloor）：英国华威大学应用语言学中心研究员，主要研究方向为应用语言学。

本书是韩礼德《功能语法导论》的预备读本，作者以清晰明了的术语定义和生动多样的例证资料，阐释了功能语法的工具和分析手段，为读者解决现实生活中的议题提供了极大帮助。此外，更新后的第三版还结合了**的研究成果、额外的课后练习，为复杂问题提供了更加详尽的讲解。

Preface xxv
Acknowledgements xxvi
List of symbols xxvii

1 A meaningful approach 1
1．1 How to use this book 1
1．2 Grammar and meaning 2
1．3 Meaning potential 3
1．4 System networks 5
1．5 Language in use 6
1．6 The study of texts 7
1．7 The notion of rank 9
1．8 Functions and metafunctions 12
Summary 15
Further study 15
Exercises 16

2 Labels 19
2．1 Music， mathematics， medicine and motor-vehicle maintenance 19
2．2 A political parable 19
2．3 Word classes 21
2．4 Subjects 30
2．5 Groups 32
2．6 Three ways of looking at a clause 35
Summary 37
Further study 37
Exercises 38

3 Clause structure 41
3．1 Subject revisited 41
3．2 Finites and Predicators 46
3．3 Complements 51
3．4 Adjuncts 53
3．5 Sample analysis 60
Summary 61
Further study 61
Exercises 62

4 Information structure and thematic structure 65
4．1 Organizing ideas 65
4．2 Information structure： Given and New information 66
4．3 Thematic structure： Theme and Rheme 72
4．4 The interaction of information structure and thematic structure 80
Summary 82
Further study 82
Exercises 83

5 Grammar and text 86
5．1 Text and texture 86
5．2 The textual component of the grammar 87
5．3 Thematic progression 90
5．4 Cohesive ties 95
Summary 103
Further study 103
Exercises 105

6 Process and participant 108
6．1 Transitivity： the clause as representation 108
6．2 Processes 110
6．3 Material process 112
6．4 Mental process 118
6．5 Relational process 122
6．6 Verbal process 125
6．7 Other processes 128
6．8 Grammatical metaphor 129
6．9 Circumstance 134
Summary 135
Further study 136
Exercises 137

7 Group structure 140
7．1 Groups revisited 140
7．2 Nominal Groups 1