Sunday 9 September 2018

Accompaniment: Joint Participation In The Process


they
fought
hard
against the Britons
Actor
Process: material
Manner
Accompaniment


Cf they fought hard with the Britons; they and the Britons fought hard.

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 324):
Accompaniment is a form of joint participation in the process and represents the meanings ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘not’ as circumstantials
See also here.

cf.

they
fought
the Britons
hard
Actor
Process: material
Goal
Manner

(the Britons are being acted upon, and so: Goal, not Scope.)

cf.

they
fought
the battle
hard
Actor
Process: material
 Scope
Manner

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