Sunday 21 February 2016

Elaborating On The Projected Purposes


We therefore welcome the Security Council’s adoption on March 29, 2006 of Resolution 1664 (2006)
calling on you
to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Lebanon
to establish a “tribunal of an international character”
to try all those responsible for this crime
a
= b

a
“ b


a
x b
x c

Friday 19 February 2016

'Often-Overlooked' As Post-Deictic



Metals
are
(an example of) an often-overlooked alternative to energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
Token/Identified
Process: relational: intensive
Value/Identifier


1. nominal group serving as Value/Identifier of clause


an
often-overlooked
alternative
to energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
Deictic
post-Deictic
Thing
Qualifier


Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 316):
The post-Deictic identifies a subset of the class of 'thing' by referring to its fame or familiarity, its status in the text, or its similarity/dissimilarity to some other designated subset.

2. prepositional phrase serving as Qualifier of nominal group


to
energy-dense liquid and gaseous solar fuels
minor Process
Range


3. nominal group serving as Range of prepositional phrase


energy-dense
liquid and gaseous
solar
fuels
Modifier
Head
d
c
b
a
Classifier1
Classifier2
Classifier3
Thing


4. word complex serving as Classifier2 of nominal group


liquid
and gaseous
1
+ 2

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Metaphorical Relational Clause

Human energy consumption
has been becoming
higher
for decades
Carrier
Process: relational
Attribute
Extent: duration

Metaphorical Material Clause


Human energy consumption 
has been rising 
for decades
Actor/Medium
Process: material
Extent: duration


viewed from roundabout:

(i) what has human energy consumption been doing for decades?

(ii) unmarked present tense is present-in-present: human energy consumption is rising

cf

Humans
have been consuming
ever more energy
for decades
Actor/Agent
Process: material
Goal/Medium
Extent: duration