Saturday 27 March 2021

Projected Proposals (Non-Actual) vs Projected Propositions (Actual)

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 114):
Projected proposals are non-actual, or uninstantiated: that is, the occurrence of a projected proposal is always future in relation to the figure that projects it. In contrast, propositions are actual, or instantiated: that is, the occurrence of a proposition is located in actual time (which may be past, present or future).