Again this reduction does not falsify DR's statement. SFL is a relational theory of meaning, in which meanings are realised by the whole set of relations in language, including stratal, axial and rank, which DR's statement distilled and explicated. Meaning making is not reducible to a one-dimensional relation between strata.
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(1) Again this reduction does not falsify DR's statement.
A distinction — in this case between stratification and axis — is not a reduction.
(2) meanings are realised by the whole set of relations in language, including stratal, axial and rank
The use of 'meaning' here ignores theoretical distinctions. Meanings are realised by wordings (stratification); systems are realised by structures (axis); the functional elements of a higher rank are realised by units of the rank below.
(3) which DR's statement distilled and explicated
Ignoring theoretical distinctions is neither distillation nor explication.
(4) Meaning making is not reducible to a one-dimensional relation between strata.
The original post was about the realisation of meaning, not meaning making. The realisation of meaning is a stratal relation between semantics and lexicogrammar (the axial relation of realisation on the semantic stratum is between system and structure).
(5) Meaning making is not reducible to a one-dimensional relation between strata.
That claim was not made. This is the logical fallacy known as 'The Straw Man'.
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