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).

Friday, 2 November 2018

Decoding 'Field' And Encoding 'A Field'


field
is ('means')
the ideational dimension of a culture [as semiotic system]
Identified Token
Process: identifying
Identifier Value

This identity decodes 'field' by reference to 'the ideational dimension of a culture as semiotic system'.


a field of culture
is realised by
a domain of ideational semantics
Identified Value
Process: identifying
Identifier Token

This identity encodes 'a field of culture' by reference to 'a domain of ideational semantics'.

In terms of instantiation, a field is a sub-potential of field, that is realised by a domain, which is a sub-potential of ideational semantics.