David Rose Positively Appreciating Discourse Semantics And Negatively Appreciating Grammar

David Rose wrote to sys-func at 11:06 on 2/5/14:

This is why we need discourse semantics 

Grammar is simply not enough

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
discourse semantics	positive	appreciation: valuation
grammar	negative	appreciation: valuation

(What "we" actually need is to understand the theory, not least stratification.)

See also John 1:1.