Thursday 25 December 2014

The Generalised Model Of Participation-In-Process: Causal Origin Of Unfolding

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 154):
The Medium’s actualisation of the Process may be construed as being brought about by a further participant — the Agent. If the figure is construed with an Agent, it is other-agentive; if it is construed without an Agent, it is self-agentive.