In thisthesis, I choose Nature and Affection(Xing Qing), Art of Composition(Pian Fa),Differentiation of Style(Bian Ti), Integral Theory of Standard and Law(ZhengtixingGefa Lilun), and Review of Poetic History(Shigeshi Shuping) as special topics.

The Explanation to the Science of Law in Plato s The Laws;

This article offers an analysis of legislative discourse, the most commonly used discourse in English of law-from the perspective of three metafunctions.

The purpose of this thesis is to apply Halliday’s linguistic theory to analyze power concealed in the legislative discourse.

Exploration on the characteristics of adult learning,the defects of traditional grammar translation approach and the advantage of discourse grammar teaching approach is provided in this essay to evidence the idea that discourse grammar approach will be the only way to reform grammar teaching in China.

This paper, by stressing the communicative role of the text and by studying at length the features, functions and principles of text composition, states that the recognition of the importance of the text is essential for the achievement of good result in teaching writing.

This thesis studies the cohesion devices of legislative texts, based on American and Chinese statutes.

Adopting the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation and the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection as the theoretical foundation, the thesis explores the manifestation of translators subjectivity in the translation of Chinese legislative texts into English.