Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Themeless Non-Finite Dependent Clauses

The course
draws upon linguistic theories
to provide the analytical tools [[for identifying features of written and spoken texts]]
a
x b cause: purpose
Theme
Rheme
Rheme


These tools
are used in practical examples and projects
to answer research questions about language users’ discourse choices
a
x b cause: purpose
Theme
Rheme
Rheme


See Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 99).

Sunday, 22 March 2015

Mathematical Transitivity: Decoding Unknowns


E
=
mc2
Token/Identified
Process: identifying: intensive
Value/Identifier

Friday, 20 March 2015

Theoretical Gobbledegook As Assigned Qualitative Process


Realisation formalises the instantiation of system in process (Martin 1992: 5)


realisation
formalises (‘makes formal’)
the instantiation of system in process
Attributor
Process: relational
Attribute
Carrier