Michael Halliday Quote

The grammatical system has … a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one utterance


p. 35 cited in: Terence Odlin (1994) Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar. p. 193. - Explorations in the functions of language, 1973


The grammatical system has … a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one...

The grammatical system has … a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one...

The grammatical system has … a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one...

The grammatical system has … a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one...