Misrepresenting A Behavioural Process As Material [2]

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 116-7):

In contrast, the Scope elaborates or enhances the Process.

(1) It elaborates the Process –

(a) by restatement (the traditional category of cognate object), as in:

he ran a tremendous race

(b) by specification (of the ‘lexical content’), as in:

they took a leisurely walk; she took a brisk shower

(c) or by exemplification (i.e., by giving a subtype of the process), as in:

they played a game of tennis; they danced a polka

(2) Alternatively, the Scope may enhance the Process, typically, by a circumstantial feature of space (location or extent):

they climbed the nearest peak; the horse jumped the fence; they roamed the streets

Blogger Comments:

Once again the authors misrepresent a behavioural process (Halliday 1994: 139) as material.

Elsewhere, like Halliday, Matthiessen (1995: 228, 251, 252, 348) lists dance with behavioural processes.