Wednesday 16 March 2016

Metafunctions Related To Microfunctional Dimensions Of Protolanguage

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 523, 525):
If the ideational component is language as a mode of reflection, the interpersonal component is language as a mode of action…If the ideational metafunction is language in its “third person” guise, the interpersonal is language in its “first and second person” guise.