Martin (1992: 232):
The items too, also and as well are sensitive to parallels between the Mood ^ Residue structures of proposals and propositions. They signal that either the Mood or the Residue is the same:
NEW MOOD
[4:176] Ben won the race,
but later Carl did too.
NEW RESIDUE
[4:177] Ben won in Rome,
and he won in Seoul too.
Blogger Comments:
In SFL theory, this function of too, also and as well is interpersonal, not logical; they are mood Adjuncts of intensity, not continuity items. (Hence the reference to Mood, Residue, proposals and propositions.)
Demonstrably, these mood Adjuncts do not 'signal that either the Mood or the Residue is the same'.
In the first instance, it is not the Mood that has changed, but part of both the Mood and the Residue.
Ben
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won
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the race
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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Complement
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Mood
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Residue
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but
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later
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Carl
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did
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too
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circumstantial Adjunct
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Subject
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Finite
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mood Adjunct: intensity
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Residue
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Mood
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In the second instance, it is not the Residue that has changed, but only part of it (circumstantial Adjunct). The Predicator has not changed.
Ben
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won
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in Rome
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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circumstantial Adjunct
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Mood
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Residue
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and
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he
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won
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in Seoul
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too
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Subject
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Finite
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Predicator
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circumstantial Adjunct
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mood Adjunct: intensity
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Mood
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Residue
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(Afterthought)
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