Monday, 6 June 2022

Misrepresenting The Experiential Structure Of A Passive Verbal Group

 Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 174):

Other elements not indicating time or modality may also enter into the sequence between Finite and Event; in particular, negative polarity may be indicated by a separate Polarity: not following the Finite and passive voice is indicated by an Auxiliary: ‘be’ followed by the Event realised by the v-en form of the verb. For example:


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To be clear, this misrepresents the experiential structure of this passive verbal group. On the SFL model, the structure is:

Cf Halliday (1994: 197):

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