Thursday 23 July 2015

Carrier As Complement And Carrier As Subject Of Receptive Clause

Halliday & Matthiessen's (2004: 220) generalisation that there are no receptive forms of attributive clauses does not apply to those with the feature [assigned].

operative:
the experiment
proved
the hypothesis
false
Attributor
Process: attributive
Carrier
Attribute
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue

receptive: 
the hypothesis
was
proved
false
by the experiment
Carrier
Process: attributive
Attribute
Attributor
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue

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