Saturday 31 August 2013

Mental Vs Attributive Relational


it
matters
to me
Carrier
Process/Attribute
Angle: viewpoint

I
care
about it
Senser
Process: mental
Matter

it
concerns (‘worries’)
me
Phenomenon
Process: mental
Senser

it
concerns (‘is about’)
me
Carrier
Process: relational: circumstantial
Attribute

Monday 26 August 2013

Mental Assignment Vs Mental Projection [1]


He
thinks
it
funny
Attributor
Process: relational
Carrier
Attribute


He
thinks

it
is
funny
Senser
Process: mental
Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Phased Attribution


The pearls
would break back into
salt
Carrier
Process: intensive
Attribute


(See Halliday & Matthiessen 2004: 219.)

But note that the lexical item break invites a material (transformative: destructive) interpretation.