Monday 15 March 2021

A Prepositional Phrase Embedded In A Prepositional Phrase

Then with great deliberation, bending his corrugated brow upon each in turn he pushed the varied assortment of dishes, cruets, glasses, cutlery and by now tepid delicacies away from before him.


This is a 'rest' Location within a 'motion' Location; see Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 317).
The location is away from the location of a participant, rather than away from a participant.

Tuesday 2 March 2021

'Came' As Identifying Process


The lexical choice of came stylistically adds the features of 'motion' and 'direction' to the relational Process.