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Table 2 Semantic roles in the CG transitivity model (Fawcett 1980; Neale Amy 2002)

From: Putting transitivity to the test: a review of the Sydney and Cardiff models

Action

Mental

Relational

Influential

Environmental

Event-relating

Agent

(Affected) Emoter

(Agent or Affected Carrier)

Agent

Attribute

Carrier

Affected

Agent

Attribute

Affected

 

Phenomenon

Carrier

(Agent or Affected) Cognizant

Location

Phenomenon

Created-Phenomenon

Created

(Agent or Affected) Perceiver

(Affected) Source

Created-Phenomenon

 

Range

Phenomenon

(Affected) Path

 

Manner

 

(Affected) Destination

 

Possessed

Matchee

  1. The participant roles containing items in brackets indicate that the role may represent an Agent or Affected compound role (e.g. Agent-Cognizant)