Table 4 Circumstances in the CG transitivity system
From: Putting transitivity to the test: a review of the Sydney and Cardiff models
Type | Subtype | Example |
|---|---|---|
Experiential | Time position | right now |
Duration | for several hours | |
Repetition | 15 times | |
Reduplication | again and again | |
Periodic Frequency | once a month | |
Regularly repeated time position | every year | |
Regularly repeated duration | about an hour each night | |
Usuality | always | |
Ordinative | the first time | |
Inferential time position | still | |
Circumstances for specific processes | ||
Action | Body part | (He shoved his finger) into my vagina |
Material | (made) out of metal | |
Physical cause | from internal haemorrhaging | |
Mental emotion | Degree | very much |
Relational possessive | Exchange | for £10 |
Occasion | for lunch | |
Relational directional | Direction | north |
Distance | for a mile | |
Process manner | brutally | |
Usually appear with an Agent | Manner | very carefully |
Method | through conversation | |
Instrument | by telephone | |
Role | as a scientist | |
Intentionality | accidentally | |
Client | She read her a story | |
Pleasee | We did the shopping for him | |
Substituted | instead of her husband | |
Others | Place | at the scene |
Accompaniment | He was meeting with him | |
Concurrent state | Feeling uneasy, we turned | |
Subsequent state | She hung up, feeling much happier | |
Participant specification | Besides the friends | |
Substituted situation | instead of bringing one from the 31st | |
Proportion | What is orthodox today may change with time | |
Dimension | Over time, these have both adapted | |
Respect | as for […] | |