Wednesday 18 December 2019

The Projecting Environments Of Projected Propositions And Proposals


Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 536):
Thus verbal processes, and mental: cognitive processes, project in the indicative mode (propositions), while verbal processes, and mental: desiderative processes, project in the imperative mode (proposals). The projecting environment may be a verbal or mental process clause, or a (metaphorical) nominal group with a verbal or mental process noun (locution or idea) as its Head.