Analyze the following excerpt: "The laboratory implemented a new security protocol. This decision aimed to reduce chemical exposure." Following Halliday and Hasan’s theory, the bolded term functions as:
HALLIDAY, M.A.K.; HASAN, R. Cohesion in English. London: Longman, 1976.

About the use of Reference, which of the following statements is NOT correct, according to the text?

Reference is a crucial component within semantics. It can be defined as characterising the relationships between language and the world, in particular, specific entities that are being focused upon. Reference is context-dependent, and ascertaining the meaning of particular referents depends entirely upon who is speaking, whom they are speaking with and in what setting the interaction is taking place.

MULLANY, L.; STOCKWELL, P. Introducing English Language: A resource book for students. Routledge, 2010

Choose the alternative in which all the theories or hypotheses presented are primarily grounded in an innatist theoretical framework..