Eggins Chapter 1 Systemic Functional Approach to Language

What are some of the everyday activities that involve language?

• Reading the paper and speaking at meetings

• Surfing the internet and calling in a plumber

• Recording thoughts and activities in a journal

• All of the above

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What questions did theorists NOT focus on in the late twentieth century?

• How do texts work on us?

• How do we work to produce texts?

• How can texts mean different things to different readers?

• How are texts produced by children

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What is the systemic functional analysis based on?

• Work by Michael Halliday

• Critical theory and literary analysis

• Popular culture and cultural studies

• Disciplines like computational linguistics

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What is the most generalizable application of systemic functional linguistics?

• Understanding the quality of texts

• Understanding the nature and functions of language

• Understanding how languages evolve through time

• Understanding how a child develops language

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What is the focus of Michael Halliday's functional grammar?

• Structural organization of English clauses, phrases, and sentences

• Meanings of language in use in social life

• Historical evolution of languages

• Development of language in children

In which fields has systemic functional linguistics been applied?

• Language education and child language development

• Computational linguistics and media discourse

• Casual conversation and history

• All of the above

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What does SFL stand for?

• Systemic Functional Linguistics

• Social Functional Language

• Semiotic Framework for Language

• Strategic Framework for Linguistics

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What is the primary focus of systemic functional linguistics?

• Understanding how language is used in context

• Studying the structure of language

• Exploring the history of language

• Investigating the sound patterns in language

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Who is the founder of Systemic Functional Linguistics?

• Noam Chomsky

• Michael Halliday

• Steven Pinker

• Edward Sapir

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What is the primary concern of Systemic Functional Linguistics?

• The structure of sentences

• The evolution of language

• The social context of language use

• The cognitive processes involved in language production

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