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For example: Ryan Gosling is the best movie actor
Token Identifying:intensive
Value Final Destination is a horror movie
Carrier Attributive:intensive
Attribute
2.4.2.2 Existential Processes
Existential processes are processes of existence. The processes are expressed by verbs of existing, such as: ‘be’, ‘exist’, ‘arise’ and the participant role is called
Existent. Existent can be a phenomenon of any kind. For example:
There is a cake on the desk Existential
Existent Circumstance:place
2.4.2.3 Meteorological Processes
Meteorological processes are processes of weathering. The ‘it’ in the following examples has no represetational function, but does provide a Subject.
For example: It is windy
Meteorological The types of process and participant in the system of transitivity have been
explained. To make it easier to understand, the examples containing the process types and participants are shown in the table below:
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Table 2.1 Transitivity: Process Types and Participants
Process types Participants
Example processes, participants
Material Actor A, Goal G,
Recipient R, Client C
Daniel A moved the table G
Joanna A gave me R a present G
They A threw Sean C a birthday party G
Mental Senser Se,
Phenomenon P
John Se saw the accident P
Behavioural Behaver B, Range Ra,
Phenomenon P
Peter B smiled
Jonathan B heaved a great sigh Ra
He B sniffed the glue P
Verbal Sayer S, Verbiage V,
Receiver R, Target T
Linda S said this wasn’t true V
Jim S told Mark R a rude joke V
Harry S complimented Anna T
Relational: 1 Attributive
2 Identifying Carrier C, Attribute A
Token T, Value V
Helen C is smart A
Catherine T is the smartest student V
Existential Existent E
There were many changes E
Meteorological - It is hot
Beside the types of process and the participants, the other semantic category in the system of transitivity is the circumstances. Circumstances answer questions such
as: when, where, why, how, how many and as what. They realise meanings about Time, Place, Manner, Cause, Accompaniment, Matter, and Role Gerot and Wignell,
1994:52-53. These circumstances are shown in the following example:
