Attribution, Identification & Logical Validity

[[ Dishonest people	are	neat ]]	does not mean	[[ neat people	are	dishonest ]]
Token			Process	Value
Carrier	Process	Attribute		Carrier	Process	Attribute

Transubstantiation: Symbolic, Not Material

the wine	turned into	their god’s blood
Token	Process	Value

Doing/Being Complementarity

(a) ‘Doing’ Perspective:

They	cleaned	the shower
Actor	Process	Goal

(b) ‘Being’ Perspective:

They	cleaned (made clean)	the shower
Attributor	Process/Attribute	Carrier

See Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 132-3).

Having Ideas: Attributive Or Mental?

1.

(a) Attributive:

They	had	no idea
Carrier: possessor	Process: relational	Attribute: possessed

Cf

They	lacked	ideas
Carrier: possessor	Process: relational	Attribute: possessed

(b) Mental:

They	had	no idea
Senser	Process: mental	Phenomenon

Cf

They	didn’t know
Senser	Process: mental

2.

(a) Attributive:

They	had	no idea [[that they would be sailing with pirates]]
Carrier: possessor	Process: relational	Attribute: possessed

(b) Mental:

They	had	no idea		that	they	would be sailing	with pirates
a				‘b
Senser	Process: mental	Phenomenon			Actor	Process: material	Accompaniment

Cf

They	didn’t know		that	they	would be sailing	with pirates
a			‘b
Senser	Process: mental			Actor	Process: material	Accompaniment