4.1.3.2 Free Indirect Thought FIT
The Free Indirect Thought FIT becomes the most common style of the thought presentations in the discussion of Mavis, and for excerpt 1, the FIT is
dominated by the material process and the relational process. However, the appearance of the relational process is still less than the material process. In
addition to the material process, there are some processes that can be found such as verbal, mental, and existential.
M.1.1 Should she say, What? … verbal
M.1.5 She was sure Sal squatted there- ready to pounce or grab
her legs. relational M.1.6
Her upper lip would be raised… material M.1.9
Her sharpest concentration would be needed … mental- desiderative
M.1.11 The door stood open, … material M.1.13b although there was no sound coming out … existential
M.1.15a They would probably expect her to go … mental- cognitive
The FIT in this excerpt elaborates or supports the IT. The FIT has the same
function with the IT mentioned in the previous section, but it has more numbers than the IT. The participants in the FIT also show that they illustrate Mavis’s
analysis of her surrounding in M.1.11 and M.1.13b, the actions of her children in M.1.5, M.1.6, and M.1.15a, and her plan to response M.1.1 and M.1.9.
Moreover, the occurrences of the FIT contain many modalities such as should, would, sure
, and probably which reflect Mavis’s prediction toward either the situation or the other character and her obligation. Most of the FIT also describe
the implicit affect -sec as in M.1.5. Unlike the FIT in the previous excerpt, the FIT in excerpt 2 is only in the
form of relational process and material process, and the occurrences of the
relational process are far more than the material process. Furthermore, the FIT is not employed to support the IT as in excerpt 1, but here, the FIT talks about the
judgment. As the previous excerpt, the examples below are included in the FIT since they have no mental verbs. Some of them have modals, and the tense of the
examples below is past tense. M.2.4b she never left anywhere without a dripping box of food.
material M.2.6a-d she was a grown woman who could not cross the
country. Could not make a plan that accommodated more than twenty minutes. Had to be taught how to dry herself
in the weeds. Too rattle minded to open a car’s window so babies could breathe. relational
M.2.9b she was the dumbest bitch on the planet. relational M.2.12 Would the road girls just sit here? … material
As what has been explained in the analysis of the appraisals, the FIT shows the
judgment -cap for Mavis and judgment +cap for the other characters. In other words, by using the FIT, the readers are invited to feel directly the incapability
and the feeling of inferior of the character. It also used to make prediction about the other characters.
Lastly, the FIT in excerpt 3 is more varied than excerpt 2. It contains material, relational, verbal, and mental processes.
M.3.3 She would take a plate of it down to Connie … material
M.3.10 Then it became required torture mental-desiderative M.3.11 These years at Convent were free of all that. relational
M.3.13a Once upon a time it had been an occasional nightmare… relational
M.3.19 “Incubus”, Connie had said. verbal M.3.20b …, she would tell her about the reception verbal
M.3.21 Connie would know. mental-cognitive
Looking at the participants, some of them employ Connie as the participant which means the examples of the FIT in M.3.3, M.3.9, M.3.20b, and M.3.21.
Connie appears mostly with median probability and inclination. In addition, the FIT also shows the affect +hap as in M.3.11 that reflects Mavis’s condition at
that time and the affect -hap when she remembers about her life with her husband M.3.10. She still has affect -sec when dealing with her dream in
M.3.13a and M.3.19
4.1.3.4 Narrator Report of Thought Act NRTA and Embedded Idea
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