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PRESENTATION BASED ON
GEROT & WIGNELL; BLOOR &
BLOOR
TRANSITIVITY
The system or resource for construing
experiential meaning, i. e. meaning about the
world outside and inside the speaker.
It is the resource for construing (= interpreting
and expressing) events, happenings, goings-
on, mental states, sayings, behaviours and
relations of different kinds.
Process Meanings Examples
type
actions and He ran. The window broke. He
happenings (outside climbed the tree. She made a cake.
Material
world; observable) She broke the window. She gave him
a present.
perception, I saw a bird, I heard a sound. I saw
cognition and him cross the street.
affective processes I knew the answers. I believe/think he
Mental (inner world; not is wrong.
directly observable) I fear the outcome. I like the smell.
The woman scares me. The decision
pleased me.
human and animal He snored/coughed.
physiological He slept soundly.
Behaviour- behaviour; human He breathed heavily.
al verbal and mental
behaviour They shouted/cried/growled.
He pondered/reflected over the
problem.
Process Meanings Examples
type
TOKEN VALUE
More concrete entity Abstract notion,
America in America value
is the beacon of the beacon of
democracy democracy in same
clause
Subject in a clause with Complement in clause
the verb represent with represent
America represents See the beacon of
the beacon of democracy in other
democracy box
Distinctive
Process
Participants Subtypes Examples features/
type
Reactances
Senser He saw a -No substitution by
Phenomenon bird. I saw any verb
MEN- Perception him
TAL Macro-
cross/cross-
phenomenon ing the
(act- street. -S Present as
(percep- Perception) unmarked tense in
tions, He knows all
Metapheno- Present
cogni- Cognition the answers.
menon (fact-
tions, He believes
emotion)
affection - that you are
inner to blame. -Bidirectionality
world Meta
non- -phenomenon I like/fear
observ- (idea - Affection him. -Capacity to
able) cognition) He pleases/ project
scares me.
PARTICIPANTS IN MENTAL PROCESSES
Senser: an entity endowed with higher or lower consciousness,
like a human being and, for some processes, an animal. It can be
Subject (I like fruit) or Complement (Fruit appeals to/pleases me);
SHE PLEASES ME
PHENOMENON MENTAL: SENSER
AFFECTION
HE LOVES YOU
SENSER MENTAL: PHENOMENON
AFFECTION
MENTAL PROCESSES: BIDIRECTIONALITY
Locution -projection
PARTICIPANTS IN VERBAL PROCESSES
Sayer: The person or thing (dictionary, sign, article,
newspaper, etc.) that says sth.
I AM TIRED HE SAID
LOCUTION SAYER VERBAL
(Hypotactic cl.) QUOTING
HE TOLD US A LIE
SAYER VERBAL RECEIVER VERBIAGE
(NG)
GHOSTS EXIST.
EXISTENT EXISTENTIAL
Distinctive
Process
Participants Subtypes Examples features/
type
Reactances
he slept
BEHA- BEHAVER Physiolo- soundly. He -No substitution
gical snored. He by do
VIOUR- breathed.
AL (behaviour) He babbled/
(physiolo
(para) granted/ sang
gical,
Verbal a song. He S. Present as
mental Range, cried/laughed/
-
WE WATCHED A MOVIE
BEHAVER BEHAVIOURAL: RANGE
MENTAL
HE REFLECTED OVER THE PROBLEM
BEHAVER BEHAVIOURAL MATTER
MENTAL: