The meanings of clauses are made by lexicogrammatical systems/structures. They do not include meanings made by discourse semantic systems/structures, which co-textualise (redound on) these lexicogrammatical meanings. Hence relating clause meanings directly to context skips a layer of (OK) redundancy.
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(1) The meanings of clauses are made by lexicogrammatical systems/structures.
This misunderstands stratification. The relation between meaning (semantic stratum) and wording (lexicogrammatical stratum) is realisation — an intensive identifying process, not a creative abstract material process ('made by'). Wording (eg clauses) realises meaning.
(2) They do not include meanings made by discourse semantic systems/structures, which co-textualise (redound on) these lexicogrammatical meanings. Hence relating clause meanings directly to context skips a layer of (OK) redundancy.
This misunderstands stratification. Meaning is the level of symbolic abstraction modelled as the semantic stratum. The meanings realised by wordings — including wordings such as those of clause rank and of cohesion — are at the semantic level of symbolic abstraction. No stratum is "skipped".
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