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.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English.- Chapter 3 Research Design.- Chapter 4  Genre Distributions of Clause Combining.- Chapter 5 Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining.- Chapter 6 Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.

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.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English.- Chapter 3 Research Design.- Chapter 4  Genre Distributions of Clause Combining.- Chapter 5 Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining.- Chapter 6 Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.

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.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English.- Chapter 3 Research Design.- Chapter 4  Genre Distributions of Clause Combining.- Chapter 5 Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining.- Chapter 6 Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.