系统功能语言学中的元功能思想

系统功能语言学中的元功能思想 摘要：系统功能语法对二十世纪后半期的语言学产生了巨大影响。作为该语法体系的一大核心内容，元功能思想经历了不断发展完善的过程。本文将回顾Halliday之前的现代语言学者对元功能思想所作的奠基性贡献，然后着重介绍Halliday元功能思想的发展过程及最新修订情况，最后概述系统功能语言学界内部对元功能思想的发展与贡献。 关键词：元功能，Halliday，发展历史，现状 Metafunctions in Systemic Functional Linguistics Yang Bingjun Qin Chaoxian (School of Foreign Languages, Zhongshan University, 510275) Abstract: As one kernel idea of Systemic Functional Grammar which has greatly influenced linguistics in the late twentieth century, metafunction has undergone a process of development and improvement. This paper firstly reviews modern linguists' contribution which laid a foundation for the development of metafunction before Halliday, and then introduces the developmental progress and the latest revisions of Halliday's metafunction, and finally gives a brief summary of some systemic linguists' contribution to metafunction. Key words: metafunction, Halliday, history of development, present state