语言学领域非常感谢韩礼德(M. A. K. Halliday),因为他提供了一部内容丰富的导论性教科书,既论述了功能语法,又有将功能语法实际运用于语篇分析的内容。这一目标显然已由该书第一版(于1985年出版,译者)实现了。第二版不仅达到了同样的目的,而且还吸收了读者为完善第一版而提出的建议。这些建议包括修改该书中最重要的章节和增加一个十分重要的、有助于相互参照的索引。要修改的章节是讨论与语法、小句(clause)、语言的三大纯理功能 Linguistics is grateful to M. A. K. Halliday for providing an informative introductory textbook that discusses both functional grammar and the practical application of functional grammar to discourse analysis. This goal has obviously been achieved by the first edition of the book (published in 1985, translator). The second edition not only achieved the same purpose, but also absorbed the suggestions made by readers for improving the first edition. These suggestions include revising the most important chapters in the book and adding a very important index that helps cross-references. The chapter to be amended is to discuss the three major pure functions of grammar, clause and language