John Bateman Positively Judging The Propriety Of His Own Behaviour

John Bateman replied to Kieran McGillicuddy on Sysfling on 10 May 2018 at 16:38:

sorry, Kieran, 'vicious'? that was mild banter, 'vicious' is somewhere else! :-)

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John Bateman's treatment of Kieran	positive	judgement: propriety

Jockeying For Superior Status After The Alpha Male Dies

John Bateman Negatively Appreciating The SFL Notion Of Context

John Bateman wrote to Sysfling list on 6 May 2018 at 05:26:

there is also Teun van Dijk's ongoing and in many respects well motivated critique of the SFL notion of context, which reflects a lot of frustration with the SFL approach and its lack of engagement with certain issues, such as cognition:

Discourse and Context A Sociocognitive Approach 2009.

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The SFL notion of context	negative	appreciation: composition
The SFL approach	negative	affect
The SFL engagement with cognition	negative	judgement: tenacity

For the invalidity of these unsupported propositions, see the critique of this post here.