The semiotic sense of context vs the material sense of context

  • Bowcher W
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This paper investigates the relationship between culture and language through analyzing material and semiotic features in a context of language-in-use. The paper first discusses what is meant by ‘material’ and ‘semiotic’ context from an SFL perspective. It then investigates the way in which these two ‘senses’ of context may converge within a specific instance, affecting interaction in a subtle way and together construing a cultural phenomenon.

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Bowcher, W. L. (2018). The semiotic sense of context vs the material sense of context. Functional Linguistics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40554-018-0055-y

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