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Thursday, 22 July 2021

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

The Textual, Ideational & Interpersonal Wordings Of Mathematical Equations


E
=
mc2
Theme
Rheme
Given

New
Token/Identified
Process: intensive
Value/Identifier
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Mood
Residue

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).

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Requesting A Decoding Vs Requesting An Encoding

Decoding ‘purple’ by reference to ‘your favourite colour’

is
purple
your favourite colour
Given
New
Process: identifying
Token/ Identified
Value/ Identifier


Encoding ‘your favourite colour’ by reference to ‘purple’

is
purple
your favourite colour
New
Given
Process: identifying
Token/ Identifier
Value/ Identified

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
was
the frog
[(that) he lost]
Val-
Process: identifying
Token
-ue
Identi-
Identifier
-fied
Theme
Rheme
New
Given



 cf. decoding ‘it’ ('which frog was it?)

it
was
the frog [(that) he lost]
Token
Process: identifying
Value
Identified
Identifier
Theme
Rheme

New

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
is
the principles of language are fixed and innate
Value/Identified
Process
Token/Identifer


the principles of language
are
fixed and innate
Carrier
Process
Attribute


Note the use of double markedness as a device for 'manufacturing consent': the clause is both 'receptive', rather than 'operative', and 'encoding', rather than 'decoding'.  Note also the textual packaging of the plausibility of the assumption as Given:


A plausible assumption
is
the principles of language
are
fixed and innate
Theme
Rheme
Given



New

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.