On The Most Fundamental And Great Theoretical Problems Raised By IFG

Fawcett (2010: 92):

But it is in our examination of the major concepts of IFG that the most fundamental problems will arise, and this gives rise to what I expect to be the most controversial chapter in the book — Chapter 7. There I shall examine and discuss the great theoretical problems that are raised by Halliday's representations of structure in IFG and elsewhere, and so demonstrate the need for a new — or partly new — theory of syntax for SFL. 

Blogger Comments:

This is misleading, because it is untrue. As will be seen, the theoretical "problems" that Fawcett will identify arise from his own misunderstandings of Halliday's model, including his previously identified confusion of structural element with rank constituent.