8. What is centrally important in clause as representation? Process . It is so because it is process that largely determines the types of participants that are possible.Halliday refers to it as the system of transitivity.Transitivity is the overall resource for constructing goings on(experience). It means the kind of activity expressed by a sentence,participants and the manner of participants.The following figure shows the importance of process in transitivity .
11. 1.Material process 2.Mental Process 3.Relational process Behavioral process Verbal process Existential process
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13. Material process Participant Process Participant The post kicked The boy Example (no goal) resigned The mayor Example Goal (optional) Material process Actor
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15. Mental process The king Can recognize I Example Participant Process Participant The gift liked Mary Example (Implied phenomenon) knows Jim Example Phenomenon Mental process Senser
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17. Attributive clauses complete nonsense. timid creatures wise tall a poet sounds are is is is Your story Mice Sarah My brother Ali Attribute Process Carrier
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19. Identifying mode Hamlet The clever one Played Is Mr. Garrick Alice Identifier Process Identified
24. Verbal process Willie He Sayer it said Example a story me told Example verbiage Receiver Verbal process
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26. Existential verbs Example Example Example A problem Seems to be There An old woman Was There A picture hangs there On the wall Existent entity Existential process Grammatical subject Circumstance
27. Processes and their components existent Existential Receiver/target Sayer Verbal Behavor Behavioral Attribute/identifier Carrier / identified Relational Phenomenon Sensor Mental goal Actor Verbal participant 2 Participant 1 process
28. Main types of Circumstance in English With a hammer Means, quality, comparison Manner In June, from Paris Place, time Location For three hours Distance, duration Extent Example Specific categories Type
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