David Rose Positively Appreciating Jim Martin's Use Of Peter Fries' Work As "Foundational"

David Rose wrote sysfling on 26 July 2016 at 13:07:

For thematic progression, the theoretical foundation for this generation of SFL is JR Martin’s development of Peter Fries’ work on hierarchy of periodicity in...

Martin, J R 1992 English Text: system and structure. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Set out again in the Periodicity chapter in...

Martin, J.R. & Rose, D. (2007). Working with Discourse: meaning beyond the clause. London: Continuum (1st edition 2003)

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
JR Martin’s (1992) development of Peter Fries’ (1981) work	positive	appreciation
Martin, J.R. & Rose, D. (2007)	positive	appreciation

Blogger Comment:

For a reality check, see:

• a critical examination of Martin's work on Theme here.
• a critical examination of Martin's work on information here.
• a critical examination of Martin's chapter using Fries' work here.