Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Agent Of A Behavioural Process


beans
make
horses
fart
Stimulus ?
Process:
Behaver
behavioural

nurses
make
babies
burp
Stimulus ?
Process:
Behaver
behavioural


nurses
burp
babies
Stimulus ?
Process: behavioural
Behaver


beans
fart
horses
Stimulus ?
Process: behavioural
Behaver

Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Beneficiaries In Mental Clauses

Halliday and Matthiessen (2014: 345):
The Beneficiary is the one to whom or for whom the process is said to take place. It appears in ‘material’ and ‘verbal’ clauses, and occasionally in ‘relational’ ones. (In other words, there are no Beneficiaries in ‘mental’, ‘behavioural’ or ‘existential’ clauses.)

I
want
one of those
for my kids
Senser
Process: mental
Phenomenon
Beneficiary 


Monday, 9 May 2016

Beneficiaries In Behavioural Clauses


Halliday and Matthiessen (2014: 345):
The Beneficiary is the one to whom or for whom the process is said to take place. It appears in ‘material’ and ‘verbal’ clauses, and occasionally in ‘relational’ ones. (In other words, there are no Beneficiaries in ‘mental’, ‘behavioural’ or ‘existential’ clauses.)

I
will sing
a song
for you
Behaver
Process: behavioural
Behaviour
Beneficiary 


Saturday, 7 May 2016

'Still' Serving As Conjunctive Vs Mood Adjunct

still (‘nevertheless’)
it
moves
conjunctive Adjunct
Subject
Finite
Predicator

Mood
Residue


still (‘even now’)
it
moves
mood Adjunct: temporality
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Mood
Residue