A Functional Approach of Mental Clauses
A Functional Approach of Mental Clauses

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss some problems that can appear in identifying mental clauses from a systemic functional point of view. According to systemic functional grammar, there are four major process types within the systemic functional framework: material, mental, verbal and relational which constitute a particular theory of ‘space’. Most of these major process types are clear, but there are also some other cases which cannot be identified so easily, the so-called ‘intermediate’ cases which are difficult to classify.

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