Jun 04
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhinstantiation
Even leaving aside ascription as the organising principle of the cline of instantiation, the relation between a reading and a text is not the same as the relation between a text and system.
A ‘reading’ is metaphorical for Senser sensing Phenomenon.
So, unpacked, a ‘reading’ includes a reader, the reading process and the text that is being read.
So, variant ‘readings’ of one text include variant readers and/or variant reading processes.
The cline of instantiation, on the other hand, is merely a relation between (variant) texts and the system of which each is an instance. It does not include readers or the reading process.
Variation in readers and the reading process are distinct dimensions from the cline of instantiation, and, since they involve actual texts, these dimensions of variation intersect the cline of instantiation at the instance pole.
May 25
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhinstantiation
Instantiation is a relation between the system and an instance.
As such, it is not a relation between one instance and another.
The system is “re-instantiated” with every text.
Systemic features “co-instantiated” in a text are related syntagmatically.
Apr 23
ChRIS CLÉiRIGhinstantiation, realisation
Realisation and instantiation are clearly defined by being characterised in terms of the two types of relational processes.
(1) realisation is an [intensive] identifying relation:
the lower stratum (Token) realises the higher stratum (Value).
The difference is one of (symbolic) abstraction or signification.
eg coin as Token represents two dollars as Value.
These are two levels of abstraction of the same phenomenon.
(2) instantiation is an [intensive] attributive relation:
a text as Carrier (instance/member/specimen) of English language system as Attribute (class).
eg Tony Abbott as Carrier (instance/member/specimen) of Homo sapiens as Attribute (biological category).
Here’s a way to check usage:
If the relation being described crosses strata, then it is realisation.
Instantiation does not cross strata:
the system of semantics is ‘instantiated’ by the semantics of the text;
the system of lexicogrammar is ‘instantiated’ by the lexicogrammar of the text;
the system of phonology is ‘instantiated’ by the phonology of the text.
And at the level of context:
the system of context of culture is ‘instantiated’ by the context of situation.
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