This book presents corpus-based research on functional syntax. It is the first book to present a comprehensive investigation into grammatical metaphor in English clause combining in large-size corpora. By providing a systematic illustration of features such as parataxis, hypotaxis and embedding, it fills a gap in the systemic functional literature. It also offers insights into testing grammatical metaphors using a corpus linguistics methodology. The book is a useful resource for anyone interested in writing development.

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Qingshun He received his Ph.D. degree in linguistics from Southwest University in 2013, and completed his postdoctoral research at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in 2015. He is an associate professor and Ph.D. student adviser at School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-Sen University. His main research interest is systemic functional linguistics.

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Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Research Background1.2 Purpose of the Study1.3 Organization of the BookChapter 2 A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English2.1 Introduction2.2 Overview of Clause Combining2.2.1 Parataxis2.2.2 Hypotaxis2.2.3 Embedding2.3 Cline2.4 Cline in Clause Combining2.5 A Sketch of Grammatical Metaphor2.5.1 Ideational Metaphor and Interpersonal Metaphor2.5.2 Textual Metaphor2.6 SummaryChapter 3 Research Design3.1 Research Questions3.2 Research Methods3.3 Data Collection3.4 Data ProcessingChapter 4 Genre Distributions of Clause Combining4.1 Introduction4.2 Crown Corpus-Based Research on Clause Combining4.2.1 Overall Frequency Distribution4.2.2 Genre Distribution of Overall Frequency4.2.3 Genre Distribution of Logico-semantic Relations4.2.4 Genre Distribution of Embedding4.2.5 Existing Questions4.3 Research Based on the BNC and the COCA4.3.1 Genre Distribution of Expansion4.3.2 Genre Distribution of Projection4.3.3 Genre Distribution of Embedding4.4 SummaryChapter 5 Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining5.1 Diachronic Distribution of Overall Frequency5.2 Diachronic Distribution of Expansion5.3 Diachronic Distribution of Projection5.4 Diachronic Distribution of Embedding5.5 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Clauses5.5.1 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Clauses of Expansion5.5.2 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Embedded Clauses5.5.3 Diachronic Distribution of Personal Pronoun Subjects of Absolute Clauses5.6 SummaryChapter 6 Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining6.1 Introduction6.2 The Creation of Grammatical Metaphor6.3 Types of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining6.3.1 Ideational Metaphor6.3.2 Textual Metaphor6.4 Diachronic Distribution of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining6.4.1 Diachronic Distribution of Experiential Metaphor6.4.2 Diachronic Distribution of Logical Metaphor6.4.3 Diachronic Distribution of Cohesive Metaphor6.5 Genre Distribution of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining6.5.1 Genre Distribution of Experiential Metaphor6.5.2 Genre Distribution of Logical Metaphor6.5.3 Genre Distribution of Cohesive Metaphor6.6 SummaryChapter 7 Conclusion7.1 Research Findings7.2 Limitations and Suggestions7.2.1 Limitations7.2.2 Further ResearchReferencesAppendix 1: CLAWS 7 TagsetAppendix 2: POS ListAppendix 3: Query SyntaxAppendix 4: Systems for StatisticsAppendix 5: Tables of Corpus Data Statistics