Wednesday 31 August 2016

Turning SFL Metalanguage Back Onto Martin's Stratified Context


register
realises
genre
Token
Process: relational
Value
a language sub-potential
realises
a text type
a text type 
[[viewed from the system pole]]
realises
a register 
[[viewed from the instance pole]]

Monday 22 August 2016

Names Of Songs As Names Of Behaviours


Behaver
Process: behavioural
Behaviour
the singer
sang
a song
Leonard Cohen
sang
Suzanne
Nick Drake
sang
Fruit Tree
Peter Hammill
sang
La Rossa
Ian Curtis
sang
New Dawn Fades

but

Actor
Process: material
Scope: process
the musician
played
a tune
R.E.M.
played
Losing My Religion
Nine Inch Nails
played
Closer
Van der Graaf Generator
played
Arrow
Joy Division
played
Decades


Wednesday 3 August 2016

The Textual, Ideational & Interpersonal Wordings Of Mathematical Equations


E
=
mc2
Theme
Rheme
Given

New
Token/Identified
Process: intensive
Value/Identifier
Subject
Finite
Predicator
Complement
Mood
Residue

That is, the wording of every mathematical equation realises
  • a quantum of information
  • a figure of identity, and
  • a proposition (or proposal:  let x = 4).