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Systemic functional grammar

Systemic functional grammar (SFG) is a form of grammatical description originated by Michael Halliday. It is part of a social semiotic approach to language called systemic functional linguistics. In these two terms, systemic refers to the view of language as "a network of systems, or interrelated sets of options for making meaning"; functional refers to…

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Systemic functional grammar

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples27
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Systemic functional grammar

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related to Relation to other branches of grammar · 10
Systemic functional grammar → Another, Chomsky's, For, Halliday, Halliday's, It, Noam Chomsky's, SFG, Since, Thus
related to External links · 4
Systemic functional grammar → For, SFG, Systemic, Word
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Systemic functional grammar → Other, Thematic

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moodinstance ofHalliday has described systems0.80text
agencyinstance ofHalliday has described systems0.80text
themeinstance ofHalliday has described systems0.80text
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hesitatorsinstance ofspontaneity and communicative distance.Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies0.80text
pausesinstance ofspontaneity and communicative distance.Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies0.80text
repetitions.Spontaneity is determined through a focus on lexical densityinstance ofspontaneity and communicative distance.Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies0.80text
grammatical complexityinstance ofspontaneity and communicative distance.Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies0.80text
coordinationinstance ofspontaneity and communicative distance.Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies0.80text
context of situationinstance ofand more abstract strata0.80text
context of culture on the otherinstance ofand more abstract strata0.80text
Systemic functional grammarrelated to External linksFor0.60section

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