AN OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS

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AIM OF THIS CHAPTERTo analyse and explain how meanings are

madeSYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICSLANGUAGE AS SOCIAL SEMIOTICFunctionalMeaning makerSOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTSemiotic Process

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A FUNCTIONAL-SEMIOTIC APPROACH TO LANGUAGELanguage usageLanguage structuresLanguage organisation to make

meaningsMetafunctions

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Language and context

Ability to deduce contextAbility to predict language from

contextLanguage in context

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Context: Register, Genre and Ideology in SFL

REGISTER

MODETENORFIELD

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GENRESTAGE

SSTEPS

IDEOLOGYCULTUREVALUESPERSPECTI

VES

How is language structured for use?

Ideational meaningInterpersonal

meaningTextual meaning

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Meanings as choice: Semiotic systems

A systemA finite set of choicesDiscrete choicesOppositions are importantContent and expressionThe function of language as a semiotic

system

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Language as a semiotic system

FUNCTION to make meanings

CONTENTEXPRESSION

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Grammatical systems in language

Grammatical choiceOrder and arrangement

into structures

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