
Showing posts with label Information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Information. Show all posts
Monday, 6 February 2023
Clause-Final Subject

Labels:
Attributive,
Information,
Mervyn Peake,
Mood,
Theme,
Transitivity
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Subject As Unmarked Theme And Unmarked New
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Textual, Ideational & Interpersonal Wordings Of Mathematical Equations
E
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=
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mc2
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Theme
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Rheme
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Given
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New
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Token/Identified
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Process: intensive
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Value/Identifier
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Complement
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Mood
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Residue
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That is, the wording of every mathematical equation realises
- a quantum of information
- a figure of identity, and
- a proposition (or proposal: let x = 4).
Labels:
Identifying,
Information,
Mood,
Theme,
Transitivity
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Requesting A Decoding Vs Requesting An Encoding
Decoding ‘purple’ by
reference to ‘your favourite colour’
is
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purple
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your favourite colour
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Given
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New
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Process: identifying
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Token/ Identified
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Value/ Identifier
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Encoding ‘your favourite
colour’ by reference to ‘purple’
is
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purple
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your favourite colour
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New
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Given
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Process: identifying
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Token/ Identifier
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Value/ Identified
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Encoding Value Through Theme Predication
it was the frog he lost (Martin 1992: 130)
Theme Predication: encoding ‘that which he lost’ ('what did he lose?)
it
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was
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the frog
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[(that) he lost]
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Val-
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Process: identifying
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Token
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-ue
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Identi-
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Identifier
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-fied
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Theme
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Rheme
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New
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Given
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it
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was
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the frog [(that) he lost]
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Token
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Process: identifying
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Value
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Identified
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Identifier
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Theme
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Rheme
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New
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Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Encoding An Assumption By Reference To An Attribution
A plausible assumption is that the principles of language are fixed and innate. (Chomsky 2000: 122; New Horizons)
A plausible
assumption
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is
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the
principles of language are fixed and innate
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Value/Identified
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Process
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Token/Identifer
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A plausible assumption
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is
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the principles of language
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are
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fixed and innate
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Theme
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Rheme
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Given
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New
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Of course, this is not a plausible assumption, because Chomsky also assumes that the principles of language are components of a "genetically-determined" language faculty, and as the evolution of biological species demonstrates, genes and their expressions are not "fixed". If they are "innate", they are not "fixed". Platonic essentialism/idealism is not empirical science.
Labels:
Attributive,
Identifying,
Information,
Noam Chomsky,
Theme,
Transitivity
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