he Ideational Function
• Transitivit y is the grammar of the clause in its ideatio na l aspect. • It consists of 6 different processes: material, mental, relational, behavioral, verbal and
eg.There is
a new office building. existent 存在物
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2.7.summary
• Process type (过程类型) participants(参加者)
• Material: Actor, Goal
• Action • Event • Behavioral
• Halliday defines a functional grammar as "essentially a 'natural' grammar, in the sense that everything in it can be explained"
• He explores language in terms of the relations between language and social needs, social structure, and socio-cultural background.
1.Functional grammar
• The adult’s language has to serve many functions, senven functions of children‘s language are gradually reduced to a set of highly coded and abstract functions, which are meta-functions(纯理功 能):