Working With Functional Grammar J. R. Marti Painter University of New South Wales A member of the Hodder Headline Group LONDON + NEW YORK + SYDNEY + AUCKLANDFirst pubished In Great Britain in 1997 by ‘Arnold, a member of the Hodder Headine Group, 175 Fith Avenuo, Now York, NY 10010 (© 1997 J. R, Mann, Chistian M, |. M. Mathiessen and Ciare Painter London WIP OME. nish Lary Cataloguing In Publstion Data ‘A catalogue recor forbs book i avaliable fem the British Library brary of Congress Cataoging-in-Pubication Data [A catalog record fortis book is avalable from the Library of Congress SBN 0 340 65250 0 (P0) ‘Typeset by Scribe Design, Gingham, Kent Printed and Bound fo Groat Stan by J W Arowsmity Lt, Bristol CONTENTS Preface 1 Introduction 2 Theme ~ clause as message Orientation Survey of options ‘Troubleshooting the units of analysis ing the Theme ig the metafunction as unmarked topical Theme ‘existential clauses’ longer Theme units Review and contextualization 3 Mood ~ clause as exchange 1 Orientationvi_ Contents 2. Survey of options 3. Troubleshooting ‘The unit of analysis Identifying structural elements Ambiguous POLARITY “Will: TENSE or MODALITY Analysis practice Phase I: exercises Phase I: texts Phase II: exercises Phase IIL: texts 5. Review and contextualization a 2. Survey of options 3. Troubleshooting A topology of processes General probes helpful in analysing for TRANSIVITY One process or two? Material clauses Verbal clauses Behavioural clauses Discriminating circumstance type inguishing between circumstances and other elements Analysis practice Phase I: exercises Phase I: texts Phase Il: exercises Phase II: texts Phase III: exercises Phase III: texts Review and contextualization ‘The clause complex ~ above the clause 1 Orientation 2. Survey of options 3, Troubleshooting Procedure for analysis ~ Picking out the unit of analysis Complexing versus embedding (downranked clauses) Parataxis or hypotaxis Identifying the logico-semantic relation ‘many ‘layers’ to the clause complex? clause complex relations ‘Surfacing’ from an embedding Analysis practice Phase I: exercises Phase I: texts Phase II: exercises Phase II: texts Phase III: exercises Phase III: texts 5. Review and contextualization Key to Chapter 2: Theme Phase I: exercises Phase I: texts, Phase Il: exercises Phase II: texts Phase III: exercises Phase III: texts Key to Chapter 3: Mood Phase I: exercises Phase I: texts Phase III: texts Key to Chapter 4: Transitivity Phase II: texts Phase III: exercises Phase III: texts Contents