Wednesday 28 September 2016

An Angle On Attribution


It
seems
senseless
to us
[[that this incident has led to a loss of life]]
Car-
Process: relational
Attribute
Angle: viewpoint
-rier

cf

It
strikes
us
as senseless
[[that this incident has led to a loss of life]]
Pheno-
Process: mental: cognitive
Senser
Rôle: guise
-menon


Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 328):
Angle [viewpoint] is related … to the Senser of a ‘mental’ clause…

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 326):
the Rôle corresponds to the Attribute or Value of an ‘intensive relational’ clause.

Friday 2 September 2016

Encoding A Reason


Why I would like to travel to Korea
is
because I want to meet my favourite singer
Theme
Rheme
Subject
Finite
Complement
Identified / Value
Process: relational
Identifier / Token

Circumstantial Theme In Mentally Projected Question


I
don't know
why
this
is
my dream
a
‘ b
Theme
Rheme
Theme
Rheme
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Adjunct
Subject
Finite
Complement
Senser
Process: mental
Cause
Token
Process: relational
Value

Projecting Verbal Group Complex Serving As Material Process


I
would like to travel
to Australia
Theme
Rheme
Actor
Process: material
Location

cf

I
would like
to travel
to Australia
a
‘ b
Theme
Rheme
Rheme
Senser
Process: mental
Process: material
Location