What this means is that language considered as a system — its lexical items and grammatical categories — is to be related to its context of culture; while instances of language in use — specific texts and their component parts — are to be related to their context of situation. Both these contexts are of course outside of language itself.
The Thought Occurs
Sunday, 23 February 2014
Context Vs Language
Halliday (2007 [1991]: 271):
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