Light As A Wavelike Disturbance In An Independently Existing Electromagnetic Field — Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Davies & Gribbin (1992: 18-9):

By supposing that space and time are elastic, and change from one reference frame to another, Einstein was able to demonstrate that his theory of relativity rendered the æther superfluous. Instead, light was treated as a wavelike disturbance in an independently existing electromagnetic field.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, on the quantum physics model, light is not a wavelike disturbance in an electromagnetic field, and an electromagnetic field does not exist independently of light.  Instead, an electromagnetic field is a region of spacetime under the influence of light as instantiations (particles) of potential (wave).