Thursday 21 February 2013

Attribute As Marked Theme

tempting
as
it
may be
Attribute

Carrier
Process: attributive
Theme
Rheme


Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 419)

Friday 8 February 2013

Verbal Vs Mental Projection Of Reports



she
told
him
to leave
a
“ b
Sayer
Process: verbal
Receiver
Process: material

she
wanted
him
to leave
a
‘ b
Senser
Process: mental
Actor
Process: material

See Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 130) for the grammatical argumentation.