Cardiff School of English Communication and Philosophy

21st European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop

THIS EVENT HAS NOW TAKEN PLACE

8-10 July 2009

Location: Cardiff University

Registration Deadline June 15th 2009

Plenary speakers:

Chris Butler (University of Swansea) - Abstract
Geoff Thompson (University of Liverpool) - Abstract
Elke Teich (Technische Universität Darmstadt) - Abstract

“The grammar is based on the notion of choice” (Halliday, 1969)

Choice could be considered the most important core concept in Systemic Functional Linguistics. It is perhaps the most controversial or challenging. What do we mean by choice? Although choice is a central notion in Systemic Functional Linguistics, it is rarely the explicit topic of research. The goal of ESFLCW09 is to consider the role of ‘choice’ as a core concept in theoretical and applied work.