Assigning A Definition

'Naming and defining are linguistic exercises, in which the word is Token and its meaning is the Value.'

See Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 287-8, 269).

Kawaan Jurisprudence

Clause Complex Embedded As Qualifier Of Epithet

Cf I'm not very surprised…

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 275):

Submodifiers like so, very, too go with nominal groups but not with verbal groups: we can say I was very afraid of it but not I very feared it; you’re not too keen on it but not you don’t too want it.