AS I pointed out so far, it is possible to account for different modes of STR through different processes of the transitivity system taken place in the clauses as ‘representation’ within the ‘ideational’ function of language. If the ‘interpersonal’ function paves the way, as we saw farther earlier, the communication between the speaker/narrator and audience/reader through the ‘spatio-temporal’ and ‘psychological’ planes of POV by means of ‘deixis’ and ‘modality’ system, respectively, the ‘ideational’ function of language, which is fundamentally concerned with the way in which the meaning may be represented at yhr ‘discourse/text’ level of narrative text, is carried out through different ‘processes’ within the transitivity system which is itself …show more content…
These goings-on are sorted out in the semantic system of the language and expressed through the grammar of the clause” (p.101). In this grammar, Halliday divides processes into six ones: ‘material’ (p.102), ‘mental’ (p.106), ‘relational’ (p.112), ‘behavioral’ (p.128), ‘verbal’ (p.129), and ‘existential’ (p.13). It seems that modes of STR can be closely related with the ‘mental’ and ‘verbal’ processes in that it is with these two processes that the ‘speech’ and ‘thought’ activities are taken place.
According to Halliday (1985/1994), a semantic process represented by a clause has three components: (1) the process itself, (2) the participants in the process, and (3) the circumstances associated with the process (p. 101). The first is expressed by a verbal group; the second realized by the nominal groups, and the third expressed by the adverbial and prepositional groups (p. 102). Now, these processes may represent different kinds of actions and events.
Material Processes
The material process entails the action and events as taken place in an external reality. It is comprised of Actor, Process, and Goal as an example (1) from TTL shows:
(1) She went from the dining-room, holding James by the hand.
Actor Process Goal
She went from the dining-room
She (was) holding by the hand
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Also, the ‘action’ processes can be further subdivided into ‘intention’ if the process did voluntarily, and ‘super-intention’, if the action taken place by themselves. Due to the fact that STR is mostly concerned with the verbal and mental processes, I should like to take them much more into account.
Verbal Processes
These are processes of ‘saying’. The participant roles are ‘Sayer’ and ‘Target’. Further, Halliday calls the ‘Sayer’ and the ‘Process’, the ‘Reporting’ and ‘Reported’, respectively. In this sense, verbal processes can overlap ‘DS’ as in:
(1) “Perhaps it will be fine tomorrow,” she said.
Process/Reported Sayer/Reporting
“Perhaps it will be fine tomorrow,” she
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These modes help his interpretations become more effective to the listener or reader
The short sentences are declarative and communicate they project authority and confidence;. Paragraph 4 makes the connection between the revolutions that made up this country and the generation hard feeling toward the nearest world war. 7. Subordinate clauses or the ones that begin many of the complex sentences that help build fevered; they give energy to the sentence’s main
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Grasping the many rhetorical modes Reading through this article on the rhetorical modes admittedly helped simplify the different rhetorical forms that can be used for writing in aspects of life and not just school work. As I read through the articles I began to feel more comfortable with the diverse forms of writing therefore, knowing these vast forms of writing, will not only help to better understand what the author is trying to say in any given writing, but, also help with confidently know which direction to take when composing my own literary work. Like the handout states, these different rhetorical forms of writing are, simply put, descriptions of a way to put information together so that it can be effortlessly understood by the conveyed
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This sentence style shows the author’s thinking process at the moment, rather than tells a story. Besides fragmented sentences, sections are also unchronological and seem irrelative to each other, attracting readers to read
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In the book, "Long Why Down by Jason Reynolds shows us that the structure of texts can often impact the meaning. Some of the ways it incorporates this by 'sperating sentences, repeating words, and in a way talking to the reader. The first way this author uses structure to affect the meaning Is by separating words and sentences One of the ways this shows meaning is by portraying certain emotions such as contusion, anger awe, etc. In the book, the sentences are usually scattered and separated when the character is overwhelmed with many emotions.
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It is prima facie evidence of linguistic flexibility, proof of the great dexterity of the human mind. (Pincott,