How are you doing?
From above, this is a demand for specific information: a characterisation of the self; a congruent realisation of the meaning would be how are you?. So, from above, this clause is attributive relational.
how
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are
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you
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doing
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circumstantial Attribute: quality
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Process:
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Carrier
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attributive
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From roundabout, the lexical choice of the verb, and from below, the 'present in present' tense, both locate the clause more materially: as construing an ongoing happening.
The clause then realises a characterisation as an ongoing happening, thereby providing both of the complementary perspectives on change: the inert stability of 'being' and the active change of 'doing-&-happening'; see Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 136, 159-65).
how
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are
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you
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doing
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Manner: quality
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Process:
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Actor
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material
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The clause then realises a characterisation as an ongoing happening, thereby providing both of the complementary perspectives on change: the inert stability of 'being' and the active change of 'doing-&-happening'; see Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 136, 159-65).
