Wednesday 5 August 2015

Misconstruing A Mood Adjunct (Intensity) As A Continuity Item [3]

Martin (1992: 231):
[4:167] CONJUNCTION You have to consider the aspect.
                                 Also the question of polarity comes into it. 
            CONTINUITY   Ben beat Lindley
                                 and he also beat Carl.

Blogger Comment:

The function of also here is interpersonal: a mood Adjunct of intensity (counterexpectancy: exceeding), and so it does not mark a continuity relation with the previous clause in the complex.


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mood Adjunct: intensity: counterexpectancy: exceeding
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