Editors’ Introduction：“Broadening the Path” in the Chinese Context&Huang Guowen， Chang Chenguang＆Lu Dairong 1
Exploring Patterns of Conjunction in Different Registers： A Chal-lenge from SFL for Corpus Linguists&Geoff Thompson 7
Problems and Solutions in Identifying Processes and Participant Roles in Discourse Analysis 27
Part 2： How to Handle Metaphor， Idiom and Six Other Problems&Robin P·Fawce 27
A Typological Perspective on Relations between Genres in Popular Science&Yu Hui＆Chen Chunhong 77
A Functional Exploration of the It-Evaluative Construction&Wang Yong 113
Systemic Functional Research in China （2011）： An Annotated Bibliography&Lu Dairong， Chang Chenguang＆Huang Guowen 134
《功能语言学年度评论》稿约 180
Abstracts of Papers 182