Misrepresenting Material Processes As Behavioural [1]

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 107):

The following table illustrates the differences between related pairs of behavioural processes and mental processes of perception:

 

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To be clear, in SFL Theory, in these instances, the final two "behavioural" clauses are material, not least because the Range of the Process in each case, the flower, the wine, is not a behaviour.

The behavioural interpretation can be found in Matthiessen (1995: 228, 251), where behavioural clauses are interpreted as a subtype of middle material clauses (op. cit.: 43, 201, 235, 245, 252).