《英語語言研究》內容簡介為：This is a fascinating volume, which is mainly devoted to Michael Halliday's　thinking in the 1960s. The collection includes articles ranging from　detailed innovative proposals for a description of intonation that would　allow it to be incorporated into the grammar, through an ambitious re　orientation of the focus of grammatical description at a time when　Systemic grammar was emerging from Scale and Category, to a much　later small-scale corpus investigation of the grammar of pain. Together　they illustrate Halliday's continuing intellectual enthusiasm and openness　to new linguistic trends, even though his own development has always　been by accretion, rather than revolution. So, the reader is fascinated to　discover how much of the early work has been retained, often in a　considerably modified form, in the 21st century version of Systemic　Functional grammar.