The Information structure, which involves constitutes given and new is important aspect of functional linguistics.

Since the introduction of functional linguistics into China, it has been applied in the fields of language teaching, discourse analysis/stylistics, research in Chinese language, etc.

By adopting the method of literature searching,this article analyzes the development of application studies on functional linguistics in China from the aspects of foreign language teaching,translation,and stylistics.

On Systemic Functional Linguistics Approaches to Literary Studies

In Translation Studies:A Functional Linguistics Approach—Constructing a Translation Quality Assessment Model by Professor Si Xianzhu,a text\|based translation quality assessment model is proposed in the light of Systemic Functional Linguistics.

Systemic Functional Linguistics makes available a framework within which we could investigate the meaning and functions of"there_1"by analyzing its role in the three metafun.

On the features of syntactic structure and linguistic functions of English metaphor;

On the building of metaphorical words and its linguistic functions;

The causes of the phenomenon may be the different visual angle of language,the diachronic changes and the regional varieties of English.

The view of teaching the Chinese language from the angle of "speech" will be clearer and more scientific.