Sunday 20 August 2017

An Unsurprising Finding

Fawcett (2010: 32):
Surprisingly, perhaps, we shall find that the concepts of "Categories" appear to be more relevant to the theory of syntax found in the Cardiff Grammar than they are to Halliday's presentations of his own version of SF grammar.

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This unwittingly acknowledges the degree to which Halliday's theorising continued to evolve after his 1961 publication, in comparison with Fawcett's understanding and use of Halliday's ideas.

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