Friday, 19 February 2016

'Often-Overlooked' As Post-Deictic



Metals
are
(an example of) an often-overlooked alternative to energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
Token/Identified
Process: relational: intensive
Value/Identifier


1. nominal group serving as Value/Identifier of clause


an
often-overlooked
alternative
to energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
Deictic
post-Deictic
Thing
Qualifier


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
energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
minor Process
Range


3. nominal group serving as Range of prepositional phrase


energy-dense
liquid and gaseous
solar
fuels
Modifier
Head
d
c
b
a
Classifier1
Classifier2
Classifier3
Thing


4. word complex serving as Classifier2 of nominal group


liquid
and gaseous
1
+ 2

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