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This work comprises a collection of the writings of Ruqaiya Hasan,
an influential figure in the systemic functional linguistic
learning school. It discusses the relation between text and context
and the realization of context in language; the 'network', which is
outlined as analytic tool which can be applied at two strata of
language, the lexico-grammatical and the semantic; as well as
aspects of the social structure that are implicated in the way
cultures and subcultures express themselves.
How does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In
systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning
potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary
theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has
evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical
framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this
book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and
society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday
has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of
language: this is where the resource for creating linguistic
meaning resides. But language as resource cannot be adequately
described as a set of syntagmatic structures; instead, the primary
focus must be on the paradigmatic axis, which after all furnishes
the principle for the actualisation of syntagms. Accordingly,
aspects of Urdu and English semantics, grammar and lexis are
presented here in terms of systemic options, realised as
structures.
How does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In
systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning
potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary
theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has
evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical
framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this
book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and
society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday
has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of
language: this is where the resource for creating linguistic
meaning resides. But language as resource cannot be adequately
described as a set of syntagmatic structures; instead, the primary
focus must be on the paradigmatic axis, which after all furnishes
the principle for the actualisation of syntagms. Accordingly,
aspects of Urdu and English semantics, grammar and lexis are
presented here in terms of systemic options, realised as
structures.
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