Monday 30 March 2015

Unpacking Ideational Metaphor Reveals Its Interpersonal & Textual Motivations

Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest.

parenthesis
has
recently
seen
a considerable surge in interest
Senser
Process:
Location: time
mental
Phenomenon
Subject
Finite
Adjunct
Predicator
Complement
Mood
Residue
Theme
Rheme

there
has
recently
been
a considerable surge in interest
in parenthesis

Process:
Location: time
existential
Existent
Matter
Subject
Finite
Adjunct
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue
Theme
Rheme


people
have
recently
become
very interested
in parenthesis
Carrier
Process:
Location: time
relational
Attribute
Matter
Subject
Finite
Adjunct
Predicator
Complement
Adjunct
Mood
Residue
Theme
Rheme



Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 285): 
… this provides an important insight into why experiential metaphors evolve in the first place, namely in order to get the texture right …

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