Parameters of Context: The Place of Context in the Theoretical Architecture of SFL
Systemic Functional Linguistics and Context - From Theory to Model and Application - Rebekah Wegener
Rebekah Wegener [+]
University of Salzburg
Rebekah Wegener is a senior researcher in linguistics and semiotics at the Institute for English and American Studies at Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria, and co-founder of learning technology startup Audaxi in Sydney, Australia.
Description
SFL has always provided an integrated theory of language and context through the incorporation of context as a stratum in the theory of language. But that does not mean that context sits easily within the theory. In this chapter we consider the place of context within the theoretical architecture of SFL and look at some of the problems and possible solutions.