Martin (1992: 299):
Depending on the field the relationship between hyponym and hyperonym has different names. These are commonly realised through Pre-Classifier structures (for which see Martin 1988): a class of noun, a make of car, a breed of dogs etc. And they are used cohesively as well: Like my new car? — Yes, what make is it? A cohesive relationship between one of these items and the hyponym it relates to a hyperonym will be referred to as relational hyponymy/hyperonymy. Typical realisations include: class, kind, type, form, breed, make, sort, style, species, order, family, variety, genre, grade, brand, caste, category.
Blogger Comments:
[1] In SFL theory, this nominal group function is termed 'extended Numerative: variety', which is the cross-classification of 'collective' and 'type'. See Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 333).
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make
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of
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car
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Numerative: variety
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Thing
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Head
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[2] The cohesion in the response includes ellipsis of an entire clause, and anaphoric personal reference of it to my new car. But most pertinent here is the ellipsis of the potential lexical repetition of car.
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my new car
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Complement
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yes
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mood Adjunct: polarity
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what make
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is
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it
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Subject
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Finite
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Complement
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[3] The notion of a 'relational hyponymy/hyperonymy' therefore arises from not recognising a cohesive relation.
