Sunday 25 November 2018

Clause Complex With No Medium

he
was asked
to leave
statement
command
α
" β
Receiver
Process: verbal
Process: material

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Conditionally Decoding Graphology By Reference To Phonology

in the case of "phonetic languages"
the letter a
represents
the phoneme a
Contingency: condition
Identified Token
Process: relational
Identifier Value
in the case of "phonetic languages"
graphology
realises
phonology

Monday 5 November 2018

'Stand' As Possessive Verb Of Benefaction


the Trumpet (newspaper)
wants to stand
us both
a drink
Identified Token: possessor
Process: identifying: possessive: benefaction
Beneficiary
Identifier Value: possessed

See Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 297).

The possibility of an identifying clause featuring a Beneficiary is not acknowledged by Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 344).