Monday 29 June 2015

Conditioning An Intensive Encoding On A Possessive Decoding


Si
la uva
está hecho de
vino
quizá
nosotros
somos
las palabras [[que cuentan [[lo que somos]] ]]
if
grapes
are made of
wine
maybe
we
are
the words [[that tell [[who we are]] ]]
x b
a

Token/Identified: possessor
Process: possession
Value/Identifier: possessed

Value/Identified
Process: intensive
Token/Identifier


the
words
[[that tell [[what we are]] ]]
Deictic
Thing
Qualifier

that
tell
[[what we are]]
Sayer
Process: verbal
Verbiage
what
we
are
Value
Token
Process: intensive


Logic Analysis:

P —> Q

P: ingredients contain their (potential) product
Q: sayers are represented by (potential product?) wordings that project the sayers' identity


Footnote:
The author of this quote, Eduardo Hughes Galeano, died of lung cancer on Michael Halliday's 90th birthday, 13 April 2015.

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Locating Grunts In Space-Time


In a few seconds
the fat boy's grunts
were
behind him
Location: time: motion: away from
Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute/Location: place

When A Head Is Not A Thing

a
cup
of
coffee
Numerative: quantum
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier

a
slice
of
cake
Numerative: portion
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier

a
pack
of
cards
Numerative: aggregate
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier

a
drink
of
water
Numerative: make-up
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier

a
kind
of
owl
Numerative: variety
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier

the
bottom
of
the
barrel
Numerative: facet
Deictic
Thing
Premodifier
Head
Postmodifier