The Cardiff model of functional syntax

Schulz, Anke and Fontaine, Lise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9366-8725 2019. The Cardiff model of functional syntax. Thompson, G., Bowcher, W., Fontaine, L. and Schonthal, D., eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 230-258. (10.1017/9781316337936.011)

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the Cardiff approach to syntax within the SFL framework. Detailing how the Cardiff model developed from Halliday’s early work and how it diverged from Halliday’s standard model due to different influences and concerns, we show that there are core Hallidayan concepts that have clearly been maintained. The chapter identifies the key features of the model, including system networks and probabilities, illustrating how the priority given in the Cardiff model to conflating meanings rather than structures has informed the approach it has developed. In addition to this the role of realization is made explicit in the Cardiff model through the relationship between the system networks, selection expressions, and realization rules through to the structural representation of these meanings. The relationship among these features is demonstrated through the analysis of a simple clause, which offers a good introduction to the Cardiff theory of functional syntax.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781107116986
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2025 13:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/103851

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