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8 - Continuing Issues in SFL

from Part I - SFL: The Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2019

By
Mick O’Donnell
Edited by
Geoff Thompson ,
Wendy L. Bowcher ,
Lise Fontaine  and
David Schönthal
Geoff Thompson
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Wendy L. Bowcher
Affiliation:
Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Lise Fontaine
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
David Schönthal
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
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Summary

This chapter discusses two issues that are not fully resolved within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). Firstly, the chapter explores the basis behind the grammatical categories within SFL, with particular attention on Transitivity categories. To what degree are these categories determined on notional grounds (mirroring extralinguistic organization), rather than on regularities of form? Secondly, the chapter explores the issue of where ‘genre’ belongs within the SFL model. The positioning of genre within various SFL models is contrasted. Central to this discussion is the issue of stylistic variation between elements of generic structure within a text. Does this represent shifts of register within a text, or is this type of variation not register-related?
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The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics , pp. 204 - 229
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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