Editing Systemic functional grammar (section)

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'''Systemic functional grammar''' ('''SFG''') is a form of grammatical description originated by [[Michael Halliday]].<ref>{{Cite web
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| publisher=International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association}}</ref> It is part of a social [[semiotics|semiotic]] approach to language called ''[[systemic functional linguistics]]''. In these two terms, ''systemic'' refers to the view of language as "a network of systems, or interrelated sets of options for making meaning";<ref>Halliday, M.A.K. 1994. ''Introduction to Functional Grammar'', 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold. p. 15.</ref> ''functional'' refers to Halliday's view that language is as it is because of what it has evolved to do (see [[Metafunction]]). Thus, what he refers to as the ''multidimensional architecture of language'' "reflects the multidimensional nature of human experience and interpersonal relations."<ref>Halliday, M.A.K. 2003. "On the 'Architecture' of Human Language". In ''On Language and Linguistics'', Volume 3 in the ''Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday''. Edited by Jonathan Webster. p. 29.</ref>