Edelman (1992: 7):
The findings of neuroscientists indicate that mental processes arise from the workings of enormously intricate brain systems at many different levels of organisation. How many? Well we don't really know, but I would include molecular levels, cellular levels, organismic levels (the whole creature), and transorganismic levels (that is, communication of one sort or another). Each level can be split even further, but for now I will consider only these basic divisions.
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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, the inclusion of transorganismic levels of organisation, involving communication between organisms, additionally acknowledges not only the verbal domain of consciousness but also, implicitly, its interpersonal dimension.
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