Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition (updated) -- Chapter 1 -- 1.1 A book for two sorts of reader -- 1.2 A note to the 'experienced linguist': three ways to read this book -- 1.3 A controversial question -- 1.4 The current scene in SFL: The Sydney Grammar and the Cardiff Grammar -- 1.5 The common ground between the Sydney Grammar and the Cardiff Grammar -- 1.6 Eight factors that led to developments in the Cardiff Grammar 1970-2007 -- 1.7 Developments in the Sydney Grammar since the 1970s compared with those in the Cardiff Grammar -- 1.8 A note on works that describe the Sydney Grammar and the Cardiff Grammar -- 1.9 Research methods and research personnel in the Cardiff Grammar -- 1.10 How to use this book as an introductory text -- 1.11 How to read this book -- Chapter 2 -- 2.1 Saussure and Systemic Functional Grammar -- 2.2 Form and meaning -- 2.3 Language and text -- 2.4 Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations -- 2.5 From Saussure to Systemic Functional Grammar -- 2.6 The answers to two questions about SFL -- Chapter 3 -- 3.1 The clause in its context -- 3.2 Halliday's multifunctional principle -- 3.3 The syntax of TRANSITIVITY in our example -- 3.4 The syntax of MOOD in our example -- 3.5 Strands of meaning and system networks -- 3.6 Integrating the structures for TRANSITIVITY and MOOD -- 3.7 The Manner of the Process -- 3.8 Summary -- Chapter 4 -- 4.1 The need for reliable criteria -- 4.2 Preliminary Guidelines (with no tests) -- 4.3 A first analysis task -- 4.4 Three tips for drawing syntax diagrams -- 4.5 What were your criteria? -- 4.6 Towards a reliable method of analysis -- 4.7 The principles behind the Mood Test -- 4.8 The Preliminary Guidelines -- 4.9 'Information seekers' and 'polarity seekers' -- 4.10 Summary so far -- Chapter 5 -- 5.1 The text analyst's problem.

5.2 A minimal theory of syntax: four categories -- 5.3 A minimal theory of syntax: four relationships -- 5.4 Keeping things simple -- 5.5 Which elements of the clause can be filled by units? -- 5.6 Replacing the metaphor of 'words as beads on a string' -- 5.7 Summary: theory and practice in the clause -- Chapter 6 -- 6.1 A unique type of Main Verb -- 6.2 The concepts of 'referent' and 'Participant' -- 6.3 Analysis task -- 6.4 Qualities as Complements -- 6.5 Qualities (and things) as the expression of 'affective' meaning -- 6.6 Contractions -- 6.7 Aside: the case of 'apostrophe s' as a 'genitive' -- 6.8 Summary -- Chapter 7 -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 How to use the system network -- 7.3 Generating a 'selection expression' of semantic features -- 7.4 Applying the realization rules -- 7.5 Generating the structure of a clause -- 7.6 Summary: some limitations of this little grammar -- Chapter 8 -- 8.1 Auxiliary Verbs (X) -- 8.2 The Auxiliary Verb that expresses the meaning 'retrospective' -- 8.3 The Auxiliary Verb that expresses the meaning 'period marked' -- 8.4 The Auxiliary Verb that expresses the meaning 'passive' -- 8.5 The SUBJECT THEME system: the first source of the 'passive' Auxiliary -- 8.6 The centrality in the grammar of SUBJECT THEME -- 8.7 A covert Agent (or other PR): the second source of the 'passive' Auxiliary -- 8.8 'Unmarked Newness': the third source of the 'passive' Auxiliary -- 8.9 Summary -- Chapter 9 -- 9.1 The types of Operator met so far -- 9.2 The problem of a clause with no Operator -- 9.3 Introducing a form of do as a default Operator -- 9.4 Negation: a second reason for having an Operator -- 9.5 The 'Contrastive Newness' of 'polarity correction': a third reason for having an Operator -- 9.6 Preliminary Guidelines with an improved Mood Test -- 9.7 A summary of MOOD so far -- Chapter 10 -- 10.1 Four questions.

10.2 How to identify a Participant Role -- 10.3 Answers to the first three questions -- 10.4 A summary of TRANSITIVITY -- 10.5 Types of Complement -- 10.6 Some major patterns in TRANSITIVITY -- 10.7 Summary -- Chapter 11 -- 11.1 The pattern of the next few chapters -- 11.2 MOOD meanings concerning 'information' -- 11.3 MOOD meanings that are 'proposals for action' -- 11.4 The meanings and forms of MOOD: a summary -- Chapter 12 -- 12.1 An overview of Adjuncts -- 12.2 An overview of the functions served by Adjuncts -- 12.3 Interlude: the last two major strands of meaning and two minor ones -- 12.4 An overview of the places filled by Adjuncts -- 12.5 A third type of Newness -- 12.6 The meanings of the four types of 'prominence' -- 12.7 Summary -- Chapter 13 -- 13.1 The five additional concepts -- 13.2 A Process that uses a Main Verb Extension (MEx) -- 13.3 A Process that uses a following preposition -- 13.4 A Process that uses a MEx and a following preposition -- 13.5 A third type of 'covert' Participant Role -- 13.6 A Complement as a Marked PR Theme -- 13.7 Summary -- Chapter 14 -- 14.1 Overview -- 14.2 The Infinitive Element (I) -- 14.3 The Auxiliary Extension (XEx) -- 14.4 The Vocative (V) -- 14.5 Summary -- Chapter 15 -- 15.1 How complete are these Guidelines? -- 15.2 Tips for drawing syntax diagrams: a reminder -- 15.3 The Full Guidelines - brief version -- 15.4 The Full Guidelines - with tests and examples -- 15.5 Summary -- Chapter 16 -- 16.1 The task -- 16.2 Solutions -- 16.3 Comments on experiential meaning in the analyses -- 16.4 Comments on other strands of meaning in the analyses -- Chapter 17 -- 17.1 Summary: the simple clause in English -- 17.2 The first further dimension: representing the units within the clause -- 17.3 The second further dimension: representing the semantics -- 17.4 Towards a full analysis of meaning and form.

17.5 Summary: the interdependence of meaning and form -- 17.6 And next? -- Appendix 1: A summary of English syntax for the text analyst -- Appendix 2: An overall comparison between the Cardiff and Sydney Grammars -- References -- Index.