Introduction: The Idea of Linguistic Strata

Strata in Systemic Functional Linguistics - Levels, Layers, Planes, Domains - Elissa D. Asp

Elissa D. Asp [+-]
Saint Mary's University
Elissa D. Asp is Professor of English and Linguistics, and Coordinator of Linguistics at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS. She was educated at Glendon College and York University in Toronto, where she specialized in linguistic description of discourse and linguistic theory. She is interested in functional and formal theories of language and developing models that elucidate language processing in context. Ongoing research addresses three main areas: (1) language and discourse correlates of dementias, especially neurodegenerative diseases associated with ageing; (2) MEG studies of neurocognitive networks supporting language and discourse processing; (3) theoretical implications of these studies for models of language.

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This chapter provides an overview of the concept of linguistic strata and potential relations between them as compared with related concepts such as modules and domains.

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Asp, Elissa. Introduction: The Idea of Linguistic Strata. Strata in Systemic Functional Linguistics - Levels, Layers, Planes, Domains. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. Mar 2026. ISBN 9781781797303. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=35440. Date accessed: 04 Oct 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.35440. Mar 2026

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