RSSSFL Architecture Classified By SFL Relations
Apr 30
general observations 2 Comments
A. system networks
i. delicacy: elaboration + attributive
ii. disjunction: extension: alternative
iii. conjunction: extension: addition
iv. entry condition: enhancement: condition
B. rank scale: extension: composition
C. realisation: elaboration + identifying
1. higher stratum realised by lower stratum [stratification]
2. system realised by structure [axis]
3. function realised by form; eg clause rank function structure realised by group rank syntagm
D. instantiation cline: elaboration + attributive
eldon
Apr 30, 2010 @ 17:42:05
can you elaborate on that?
HAL 9000
Apr 30, 2010 @ 18:15:10
or expand, generally? 😉
yep.
on the one hand,
we have stuff familiar from the grammar:
(1) identifying and attributive relational processes, and
(2) expansion relations of elaboration, extension & enhancement.
The latter are familiar from logical relations between clauses (and groups), but they are scattered all over the grammar, eg circumstances are subcategorised on the basis of elaboration, extension, enhancement (or projection), and both types of relational process are subcategorised on that basis: intensive = elaboration, possessive = extension, circumstantial = enhancement.
now on the other hand, there is the architecture of the theory itself, such as:
(1) system networks, which include:
(a) delicacy
(b) ‘or’ (disjunctive) relations between features and systems
(c) ‘and’ (conjunctive) relations between features and systems
(d) entry conditions to systems
(2) rank scale of forms (eg clause, group/phrase, word, morpheme)
(3) the cline of instantiation between system of language and specimen text
(4) realisation as a relation between
(a) strata (eg lexicogrammar & phonology)
(b) system and structure (eg of the clause)
(c) function and form (eg Actor ^ Process and nominal group ^ verbal group)
So what the post above does is show how these (latter) aspects of the architecture of SFL theory can be interpreted in terms of the (former) stuff familiar from the grammar.
The advantage of doing this is that it allows you to not only understand the principles behind the theoretical architecture, but also to identify misunderstandings of that architecture (eg instantiation and stratification).