[sys-func] Two Types Of Relationship Between Semantic And Lexicogrammatical Systems

From: Dr ChRIS CLÉiRIGh <c.cleirigh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: sys-func@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +1000

Dear Colleagues,

The following might be helpful for those who are unfamiliar with the
distinction between compact and dispersed grammatical realisations of
semantic systems.

Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 666-7):

The grammatical realisation of FIGURATION is ‘compact’, being confined to
the TRANSITIVITY system of the clause. In contrast, the grammatical realis
ation of EXPANSION is ‘dispersed’, ranging over more than one grammatical
unit. (We shall see later that compactly realised systems such as
configuration may become dispersed in their realisation through the process
of grammatical metaphor.)

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dr chris cléirigh
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detected.*

— Socrates

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