Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 158):
Thus we can now revise the table of correspondences between transitivity functions and interpersonal functions. See Table 4.23. The interesting result is that the participant function we have called the Medium stands out among the participant functions: it is the only one that serves as Subject or Complement but not as Adjunct. Agent, Beneficiary and Range are closer to circumstances in that they can also be mapped onto Adjunct.
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This is misleading because it misrepresents the interpersonal variability of the Medium. Medium conflates with Adjunct in medio-receptive and locative-receptive clauses. Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 342, 345, 351):
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