文学研究的最惯用的手段当属各种文学批评理论。然而,功能语言学为文学研究提供一套解释力极强而且客观可靠的研究途径。根据不同的研究目的,研究者可以分别从语言的概念功能、人际功能和语篇功能着手对作品进行解读。 The most commonly used means of literature research comes as a variety of theories of literary criticism. However, functional linguistics provides a highly explanatory and objective research approach to literary studies. According to different research purposes, researchers can start from the concept of language function, interpersonal function and text function to start the interpretation of the work.