Lemma | meaning |
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Categoria grammaticale | N |
Lingua | inglese |
Sigla | Halliday (1973) |
Titolo | Explorations in the functions of language |
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Citazioni | We have stressed at various points that a linguistic description is a statement of what the speaker can mean; and that ʻmeaningʼ, in its most general sense, includes both function within one level and realization of elements of a higher level. These ʻhigher levelʼ elements will, at one point, lie outside the confines of what we recognize as language. Meanings are expressed through grammatical patterns; but meanings are themselves the expression, or realization, of options in behaviour, and some of these options have a broad socio-cultural significance. |