Martin (1992: 233-4):
Again is used to mark the recurrence of a Process · Medium nucleus at a later date:
[4:180] Ben beat Carl in Rome
and Carl lost again in Seoul.
Blogger Comment:
In SFL theory, again may function as a conjunctive Adjunct or as a circumstantial Adjunct (Halliday & Matthiessen 2004: 133). Here it functions experientially, identifying a temporal Location ('at a later time').
Ben
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beat
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Carl
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in Rome
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Process
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Medium
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Location: place
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and
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Carl
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lost
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again
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in Seoul
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Medium
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Process
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Location: time
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Location: place
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Nucleus
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