1 Introduction to Halliday s Computing Meanings:Some Reflections on Past Experience and Present Prospects Christian M.I.M.Matthiessen 1
2 Computing Meanings:Some Reflections on Past Experience and Present Prospects M.A.K.Halliday 3
3 The Role of Process and Nominalization in Grammatical Metaphor Hu Zhuanglin 26
4 Cleft Sentences as Grammatical Metaphors Huang Guowen 34
5 A Functional Interpretation of Causation Yang Xinzhang 42
6 Indeterminacy in the Functional Analysis of Nonfinite Clauses Yang Bingjun 50
7 Theme and New in Written Advertising Peter H.Fries 56
8 Textuality of Organisation of Modal Options in Text Peng Xuanwei 73
9 Theme in English and Chinese:A Contrastive Study Chen Zhi an and Kuang Lan 81
10 Lexicogrammar in Discourse Development:Logogenetic Patterns of Wording Christian M.I.M.Matthiessen 91
11 A Systemic-Functional Approach to Research Paper Abstracts Yu Hui 128
12 Who Is to Blame:On Mood,Speech Function,and Interpersonal Relationship Fan Wenfang 138
13 Language Form,Discourse Structure and Language Function——A Brief Survey of the Plain Language Processing in Prospectuses Shang Yuanyuan 146
14 The Information Unit in a Phonological Perspective Chen Yongpei 155
15 Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Acts of the Whorfian Hypothesis Gao Yihong 164
16 Different Cultures,Different Speech Act Sets——Speech Act Theory and Its Implication to Intercultural Communication Studies Chen Jianping 175
17 Features of Argumentation in Chinese and English Texts Helena Y.K.Wong 185
18 Display Advertisements and Register Variation Doreen Dongying Wu 202
Appendix:Computing Meanings:Some Reflections on Past Experience and Present Prospects(in Japanese) M.A.K.Halliday 213