Cosmogonic Myth Through Systemic Functional Linguistics [12]

Genesis (1:14-5):

14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 

15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, this symbolism from Abrahamic mythology can be interpreted as further construing the genesis of construing experience as meaning through language.

And God said	Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven	to divide the day from the night	and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years	And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth	and it was so
1					+ 2
1	" 2
	1		+ 2	+ 3
	α	x β

Firstly, here again the creator of meaning verbally projects a proposal for phenomena to exist:

let	there	be	lights	in the firmament of the heaven
Process:		existential	Existent	Location

That is to say, the phenomena of experience are again construed as linguistic construals of experience, made by the creator of meaning.

Secondly, the creator of meaning verbally projects a proposal for metaphenomena to exist:

let	them	be	for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years
Process:	Identified Token	identifying	Identifier Value

That is to say, these linguistic construals of experience are also construed as symbolic realisations (signs) of more abstract meanings.