Theoretical & Empirical Fields of Research
Making a start: an initial organising move
- Theoretical Field:
- general statements and debates—previously established OLs
- some hight developed and coherent (eg Michael Halliday's functional grammar
- Empirical Field:
- local instances of practice
- Research proceeds as a dialogue between the theoretical and empirical fields.
Halliday, M.A.K. & Mathiessen, C.M.I.M. (2004). An Introduction to Functional Grammar, third edition. London: Arnold