Martin (1992: 131):
Some Circumstances [sic] of Location are perhaps best treated along these lines, as subclassifying the Process with respect to direction rather than introducing a participant (see Chapter 5, section 5.3.3 for further discussion); note the lack of deixis in the nominal groups of destination in ride to work, come to school, go to theatre (medicine), return home etc.
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[1] To be clear, Martin has defined 'participant' in terms of nominal groups functioning as the Agent or Medium of a clause. This definition already excludes all circumstances.
In SFL theory, nominal groups inside prepositional phrases have the status of indirect participant (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 312).
But even in Martin's terms (ideational denotation), such circumstances do "introduce a participant" whose identity can be subsequently presumed, as shown by:
[2] To be clear, the relation is one of enhancement, and it obtains between the Location and the configuration of Process and participants (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 314).
In SFL theory, nominal groups inside prepositional phrases have the status of indirect participant (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 312).
But even in Martin's terms (ideational denotation), such circumstances do "introduce a participant" whose identity can be subsequently presumed, as shown by:
They rode to school. It was much like a prison run by cruel warders.
[2] To be clear, the relation is one of enhancement, and it obtains between the Location and the configuration of Process and participants (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 314).
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