Sunday 26 February 2017

Motion Or Duration?


the physicist
walked
from Tumbi Umbi to Kangy Angy
Actor
Process
Location: motion

the physicist
walked
from dawn to dusk
Actor
Process
Location: motion*


See Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 565-6).  However, viewed 'from above', there is ambiguity:
Location: where did he walk? vs Extent: how far did he walk?
Location: when did he walk? vs  Extent: how long did he walk?

* The temporal construal as Location: motion — rather than as Extent: duration — is the linguistic source of the notion in physics of "travelling" through time, in the same sense as travelling through space.


Related:

doing and being as 'complementary perspectives on a quantum of change' (Halliday & Matthiessen 1999: 132):
doing from A to B (cf Location: motion; cf locomotion)
being from A to B (cf Extent

Monday 13 February 2017

Decoding The Laws Of Physics

the laws of physics
are not
the events described
Identified Token
Process: relational
Identifier Value


Edelman (2006: 150).

Sunday 12 February 2017

An Attribute Of Truth

truth
is not
a given
Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute


truth
is
a value [[that must be worked for during our personal and interpersonal interactions]]
Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute


Edelman (2006: 150-1).

Thursday 2 February 2017

Locating Appearances


we
see
the domain outside the body
but
how the outside appears
is
inside the brain
Senser
Process: mental
Phenomenon

Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute