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Mercurysmile3 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Adjuncts in functional grammar (hallidayan approach)

Hi everyone,

could anyone decipher how you would classify 'Within seconds'? 'while'? 'when'? 'who'? 'apparently'?'somehow'? and 'closely'? I'm struggling with the differences between different adjuncts, so I need a little help. Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Melissa
  

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Sorry, Melissa, your question appears to be drifting off the board. I cannot locate Halliday's classification of adjuncts (I don't have the Bloor & Bloor text, and its contents do not appear to be available on the internet). But I can bump this back up and perhaps another member will know the answer.

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  • Sorry, Melissa, your question appears to be drifting off the board.
  • I cannot locate Halliday's classification of adjuncts (I don't have the Bloor & Bloor text, and its contents do not appear to be available on the internet).
  • But I can bump this back up and perhaps another member will know the answer.
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Sorry, Melissa, your question appears to be drifting off the board. I cannot locate Halliday's classification of adjuncts (I don't have the Bloor & Bloor text, and its contents do not appear to be available on the internet).

But I can bump this back up and perhaps another member will know the answer.
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There are three basic adjunct types (Halliday 1994):

1. experiential (circumstance/location)
2. textual (conjuncts; they bond clauses)
3. modal (writer's attitude)

However (textual) unfortunately (modal) we can't meet at noon (experiential).

Here are my guesses:

'Within seconds' (circumstance)
'while' (conjunct)
'w
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Thank you Mister Micawber and Casi. I really appreciate the replies. Your response has definitely helped. Emotion: geeked

Melissa
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