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SFL is an approach to linguistics developed by Michael Halliday that views language as a social semiotic system. It considers language at two interrelated levels: the immediate context of a language interaction, and the broader context of culture. Halliday argues that language evolved not as a set of rules but as a meaning-making resource, and that SFL aims to explain how humans make meaning through language within social and cultural contexts. The main components of SFL are meaning, lexico-grammar, sound, and wording.

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Theoretical Framework

SFL is an approach to linguistics developed by Michael Halliday that views language as a social semiotic system. It considers language at two interrelated levels: the immediate context of a language interaction, and the broader context of culture. Halliday argues that language evolved not as a set of rules but as a meaning-making resource, and that SFL aims to explain how humans make meaning through language within social and cultural contexts. The main components of SFL are meaning, lexico-grammar, sound, and wording.

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Theoretical framework

This theory will be anchored on (Michael Halliday) systemic Functional Linguistics(1985) also known as
systemic functional grammar, Systemic Functional Linguistic (hence forth SFL) is an approach to
linguistics that considers language as a social semiotic system. It was developed by Michael Halliday
who took the notion of system from J. R Firth, whereas Firth thought system referred to possibilities
subordinated to structure, Haliday, in a sense liberated the dimension of choice from structure and
made it the central organizing dimension of this theory, Halliday states that language is the study of how
people exchange meaning through the use of language, for Halliday a central theoretical principle is that
any act of communication involves choices. Language is a system and the choices available in any
language variety are mapped using the representation tool of the system network. SFL approaches
language at two interrelated levels. One is the immediate context in which language is used – the
context of situation. The other is the context of culture, which encompasses the complete array of
possible situational context within a particular culture ( Halliday & Hassan 1991)

Halliday refers to a new approach to the study of grammar that is radically different from the
traditional view in which language is a set of rules for speaking grammatical structures, Halliday argues
that language doesn’t just highlight the relationship between language text and context its scope is wide
in that it sets out to explain how humans make meaning through language and society. The strata’s
make us SFL Meaning, lexico grammar, sound and wordings.

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