Fawcett (2010: 93):
However, before we leave the topic of "Systemic theory", it is important to bring out the impressive extent to which the set of concepts that it foregrounds are similar to the equivalent set of concepts in the Cardiff Grammar framework, e.g., as set out in Fawcett, Tucker & Lin (1993). …
As we saw in Section 4.9 of Chapter 4, the stage in the develo[p]ment of Halliday's model at which it most resembled the current Cardiff Grammar was that reflected in Halliday (1970/76b) and what I have described as the "pivotal paper" of "Language as choice in social contexts" (1977/78).
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[1] To be clear, here Fawcett assesses the extent to which his version of Halliday's theory is consistent with Halliday's theory as 'impressive'.
[2] This is misleading, because it is untrue; see the post Fawcett's Claim That His Model Is 'Fully Compatible' With Halliday (1977/8). Moreover, Halliday's theory has changed significantly in the meantime, now featuring two 'system-structure cycles' in order to account for grammatical metaphor, as previously explained.
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