Monday, 10 November 2014

Projecting Desiderative Process Of The ‘Please’ Type


The talking snake
tempted
the naked woman

to eat
a piece of magic fruit
a
b
Agent
Process
Medium

Process
Medium
Phenomenon
mental: desiderative
Senser

material
Goal


Cf Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 141):
Processes of desideration are not bidirectional; here there is no 'please' type, only the 'like' type.

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