Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 183):
Experientially, there is a ‘carrier’ — the Thing — and there are ‘attributes’ — Epithets and other modifiers. However, participants are construed not only experientially but also logically, which means that the Thing (typically) serves as a Head that can be modified by successive attributes and that this modifying relation is inherently ascriptive. […] There is the same range of types of ascription as are found in ascriptive figures, and these can be interpreted in terms of the different categories of expansion.
expansion of Thing
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Deictic
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Epithet
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Classifier
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Thing
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Qualifier
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elaboration
(intensive)
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these
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nutritious
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swedes
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these
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Mexican
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mangoes
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kitchens
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of distinction
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extension
(possessive)
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my aunt’s
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teapot
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the
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stems
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of the leek
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the
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table
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leg
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enhancement
(circumstantial)
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these
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18th C
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vases
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||
some
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mangoes
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from Mexico
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a
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chicory-like
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plant
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