We therefore welcome the Security Council’s adoption on March 29,
2006 of Resolution 1664 (2006)
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calling on you
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to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Lebanon
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to establish a “tribunal of an international character”
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to try all those responsible for this crime
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a
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= b
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a
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“ b
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a
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x b
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x c
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Sunday, 21 February 2016
Elaborating On The Projected Purposes
Friday, 19 February 2016
'Often-Overlooked' As Post-Deictic
Metals
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are
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(an example of) an often-overlooked alternative to
energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
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Token/Identified
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Process: relational: intensive
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Value/Identifier
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1. nominal group serving as Value/Identifier of clause
an
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often-overlooked
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alternative
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to energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
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Deictic
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post-Deictic
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Thing
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Qualifier
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Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 316):
The post-Deictic identifies a subset of the class of 'thing' by referring to its fame or familiarity, its status in the text, or its similarity/dissimilarity to some other designated subset.
2. prepositional phrase serving as Qualifier of nominal group
to
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energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
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minor Process
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Range
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3. nominal group serving as Range of prepositional phrase
energy-dense
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liquid and gaseous
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solar
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fuels
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Modifier
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Head
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||
d
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c
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b
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a
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Classifier1
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Classifier2
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Classifier3
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Thing
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4. word complex serving as Classifier2 of nominal group
liquid
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and gaseous
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1
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+ 2
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Metaphorical Relational Clause
Human energy consumption
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has been becoming
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higher
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for decades
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Carrier
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Process: relational
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Attribute
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Extent: duration
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Metaphorical Material Clause
Human energy consumption
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has been rising
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for decades
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Actor/Medium
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Process: material
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Extent: duration
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viewed from roundabout:
(i) what has human energy consumption been doing for
decades?
(ii) unmarked present tense is present-in-present: human energy
consumption is rising
cf
Humans
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have been consuming
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ever more energy
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for decades
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Actor/Agent
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Process: material
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Goal/Medium
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Extent: duration
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