Trinocular perspective


A trinocular perspective is an analytical tool in Systemic functional linguistics. Michael Halliday introduced the term using a cartographic hierarchy of stratification whereby three viewpoints were identified:
  • "from above"
  • "from roundabout"
  • "from below"
Halliday's colleague, C. M. I. M. Matthiessen has suggested that the approach could be used with other global semiotic dimensions, specifying: