乒男? Hartnett''s Foreword 前言 Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notational Convention 1. Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study 1.2 The Significance of Non - finite Clauses in English 1.3 Purpose of the Study 1.4 Research Questions 1.5 Data Collection 1.6 Organisation of the Book 2. Towards the Non - finite Clauses in English 2.1 Introduction 2.2 A Brief Review of Research on Non - finite Clauses 2.2.1 The Traditional Approach 2.2.2 The Systemic Functional Approach 2.3 The Rank Scale: basis of functional description 2.4 Three Metafunctions: actualisation of functional description 2.4.1 The Interpersonal Function 2.4.2 The Ideational Function 2.4.3 The Textual Function 2.4.4 The Indeterminacy in Functional Analysis 2.4.5 A Hypothetical Solution 2.5 Summary 3. The Rank Scale Revisited: implications from the non - finite clause 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Principles of Functional Analysis 3.3 Indeterminate Elements in Halliday''s Rank Scale Model 3.3.1 Prepossitional Elements 3.3.2 Conjunctive and Vocative Elements 3.4 Grammatical Units to Be Reconsidered 3.4.1 "Sentence" and "Clause" in Non - systemic Treatment 3.4.2 Distinction between "Sentence" and "Clause Complex" 3.4.3 What is the Highest Unit in th Rank Scale? 3.5 An Improved Model of the Rank Scale 3.6 Summary 4. Identifying Non - finite Clauses: functional 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Preparatory Investigation 4.2.1 The Relation between Processes 4.2.2 Embedding 4.2.3 Hypotactic Verbal Group Complex 4.3 Criteria of Non - finite Clause Identification: ideational 4.3.1 Process - oriented 4.3.1.1 "Number of Processes" as Criterion 4.3.1.2 "Order of Processes" as Criterion 4.3.2 Participant - oriented 4.3.3 Relator - oriented 4.4 Criteria of Non - finite Clause Identification: interpersonal 4.5 The Textual Function of Non - finite Clauses Revisited 4.6 Summary 5. Non - finite Clause as Phenomenon: logico - semantic 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Non - finite Clauses: expansion and projection 5.3 Types of Phenomenon 5.3.1 Phenomenon 5.3.2 Macro - phenomenon and Meta - phenomenon 5.4 Non - finite Clause as Phenomenon 5.4.1 Non - finite Element as Phenomenon 5.4.2 Non - finite Clause as Macro - phenomenon 5.4.3 Non - finite Clause as Meta - phenomenon 5.4.4 Kinds of phenomenon Revisited 5.5 Summary 6. Cline in Non - finite Clause: by delicacy 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Approaches to Categories 6.2.1 The Traditional Approach 6.2.2 The Cognitive Approach 6.2.3 The Systemic Functional Approach 6.3 Clines within Non - finite Clauses 6.3.1 The Grammatical Aspect 6.3.2 The Metafunctional Aspect 6.3.3 The Logico - semantic Aspect 6.3.3.1 Clines in expansion 6.3.3.2 Clines in Projection 6.4 Clines Starting from Non - finite Clauses 6.5 Summary 7. Non - finiteness as Grammatical Metaphor 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Metaphor in Systemic Functional Grammar 7.2.1 Lexical Metaphor and grammatical metaphor 7.2.2 The Subcategories of Grammatical Metaphor 7.2.3 Textual Metaphor and Cline in Grammatical Metaphor 7.3 Non - finite Elements as Grammatical Metaphor 7.4 Non - finite Clauses as Grammatical Metaphor 7.4.1 Non - finite -ing Clauses 7.4.2 Non - finite -ed Clauses 7.4.3 Non - finite to - clauses 7.5 Summary 8. System of Non - finite Clause 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The System of Non - finite Clause: preparatory 8.3 The System Networks of Non - finite Clause 8.4 Summary 9. Conclusions 9.1 A Summarising Overview 9.2 Further Research to Be explored References