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Friday, 8 August 2025

Cause Expressed By Clause

Halliday (1994: 401-3):

Here ends 14 years of unpaid and unacknowledged daily service to the SFL community by an unwaged member.

Thursday, 7 August 2025

Cause Expressed By Clause Complex

Halliday (1994: 400-1):

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Cause Expressed By Cohesive Conjunction

Halliday (1994: 400):

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Enhancement: Parataxis, Hypotaxis, Embedded

Halliday (1994: 399-400):


Monday, 4 August 2025

Extension: Parataxis, Hypotaxis

Halliday (1994: 399):

Sunday, 3 August 2025

Elaboration: Paratactic, Hypotactic, Embedded

Halliday (1994: 398-9):

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Expansion And Projection In Relational Processes

Halliday (1994: 398):

Blogger Comments:

Note that one of the circumstantial relational types, matter, is projection, not enhancement.

Friday, 1 August 2025

Other Types Of Text

Halliday (1994: 396-7):

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Monday, 28 July 2025

Little Texts: Unattached Nominals

Halliday (1994: 395-6):

Sunday, 27 July 2025

Little Texts: Finiteless Modulation

Halliday (1994: 395):

Saturday, 26 July 2025

Little Texts Selected For Mood

Halliday (1994: 395):

Friday, 25 July 2025

Little Texts Not Selected For Mood

Halliday (1994: 394):

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Little Texts: Verbals Without Deixis

Halliday (1994: 393-4):

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Little Texts: Nominals Without Deixis

Halliday (1994: 393):

Monday, 21 July 2025

Telegraphese

Halliday (1994: 392-3):

Sunday, 20 July 2025

Little Texts

Halliday (1994: 392):

Saturday, 19 July 2025

'The' Semantics Of English

Halliday (1994: 392):

Friday, 18 July 2025

Field, Tenor And Mode [Defined]

Halliday (1994: 390):

Thursday, 17 July 2025

The Purpose And Means Of Analysing Discourse

Halliday (1994: 366):

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

The Need To Account For Grammatical Metaphor

Halliday (1994: 366):

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Metaphors Of Mood

Halliday (1994: 365-6, 367):

Monday, 14 July 2025

Interpersonal Rhetoric

Halliday (1994: 365):

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Manifestations Of Rhetorical Functions

Halliday (1994: 363-5):

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Mode And Speech Function

Halliday (1994: 363):

Friday, 11 July 2025

Metaphors Of Mood: Speech Function

Halliday (1994: 363):

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Modal And Transitivity Metaphor Example

Halliday (1994: 363, 364):


Wednesday, 9 July 2025

The Apparent Paradox Of Modality

Halliday (1994: 362-3):


Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Explicit Forms Of Modality Are Metaphorical

Halliday (1994: 362):

Monday, 7 July 2025

Modality: Subjective vs Objective Orientation

Halliday (1994: 362):

Sunday, 6 July 2025

This Thumbnail Sketch Of Modality

Halliday (1994: 362):

Saturday, 5 July 2025

Readiness: Inclination and Ability/Potentiality

Halliday (1994: 359):