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Table 1 Lexicogrammatical and intonation analysis of clauses 1–4

From: The semiotic sense of context vs the material sense of context

1 someone

sure

is

hungry

Carrier

 

Proc: Relational

Attribute

Subject

Mood Adjunct (intensity)

Finite

Complement

Theme

Rheme

// 53 Someone /sure is /hungry //

2 hey

Monroe

how

[are]

you

doing

  

Circumstance (manner)

[proc]

Actor

Proc: Material

 

Vocative

Adjunct

[Finite]

Subject

Predicator

Theme (textual)

Theme (interpersonal) (vocative)

Theme (topical)

Rheme

Theme

//13 Hey Mon/roe //

//1 how you /doing//

3 don’t

they

feed

you

at home

Proc: Material

Actor

Proc: Material (cont…)

Goal

Cir: Location

Finite + mood Adjunct (neg)

Subject

Predicator

Complement

Adjunct

Theme (interpersonal)

Theme (topical)

Rheme

Theme

//2 Don’t they /feed you at /home//

4 I

skipped

breakfast

Actor

Proc: Material

Goal

Subject

Finite/Predicator

Complement

Theme

Rheme

// 1 ʌ I /skipped /breakfast//

  1. Square brackets indicate ellipted items; Underlined syllables are tonic syllables as per the SFL system of intonation (see endnote 2 for more details on intonation analysis in SFL and notation conventions). See Halliday and Matthiessen 2014 for details on SFL lexicogrammatical analyses