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SFL consists of two parts: systemic grammar and functional grammar. In systemic grammar, language is considered as a system of meaning potential, and form is the realization of meaning. In functional grammar, form is represented as a rank constituent structure, based on which, a functional syntactic structure is associated with the three metafunctions of language, including the transitivity structure realizing ideational function, the mood structure realizing interpersonal function, and the thematic and information structures realizing textual function.
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He, Q. (2019). A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English. In: A Corpus-Based Approach to Clause Combining in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective. The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7391-6_2
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