Table 3 Clause complexes
From: Causal relations on a cline of explicitness: an SFL perspective
Experiential congruency | Logical congruency | Textual congruency | Delicacy | Clause complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
✔✔ | X | X | X | (5) Having been ignorant of the realities of history and material development, the traditional approach consistently failed. |
✔✔ | X | X | X | 6) The traditional approach has ignored the realities of history and material development, and it has consistently failed. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | X | (7a) The traditional approach has ignored the realities of history and material development, (and) so it has consistently failed. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | X | (7b) The traditional approach has consistently failed, for it has ignored the realities of history and material development. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | X | (7c) Since/As it has ignored the realities of history and material development, the traditional approach consistently failed. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | ✔ | (8a) Because it has ignored the realities of history and material development, the traditional approach consistently failed. |
✔X | X | X | ✔ | (8b) The traditional approach has ignored the realities of history and material development, resulting in/leading to/which resulted in its consistent failure. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | ✔ | (8c) The traditional approach has ignored the realities of history and material development, with the result that it has consistently failed. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | ✔ | (8d) The traditional approach has ignored the realities of history and material development, and thus/therefore it has consistently failed. |
✔✔ | ✔ | X | ✔ | (8e) The traditional approach has ignored … development, thus consistently failing. |