Recontextualisation, resemiotisation and their analysis in terms of an FDG-based framework

'Recontextualisation' is the process whereby content that has been given expression in one context is subsequently reused in a different context. It is often accompanied by 'resemiotisation', the process whereby content is lifted from one text (the 'antecedent' text, situated in the source context) and recast in a modified form during the production of a subsequent text. The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the adequacy of FDG, incorporating an extended model of context (EMC), as a basis for the analysis of the process of recontextualisation and of the accompanying resemiotisation. From the point of view of evaluating the linguistic models employed, it transpires that the categories offered by the EMC appear to be viable as units for the analysis of recontextualisation. As for the analysis of resemiotisation, it turns out that a theoretical foundation for a substantial part of this, though not all, can be supplied by current FDG. Adapted from the source document