The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional study
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how experience of change is construed as meaning by analysing the lexicogrammatical patterns associated with the notion of ‘social transformation’. Through the experiential system of TRANSITIVITY, we analyse instances of the verb ‘transform’ and the nominalization ‘s...
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| author | Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Jesús David Guerra-Lyons Francisco O. D. Veloso |
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| description | ABSTRACT This paper investigates how experience of change is construed as meaning by analysing the lexicogrammatical patterns associated with the notion of ‘social transformation’. Through the experiential system of TRANSITIVITY, we analyse instances of the verb ‘transform’ and the nominalization ‘social transformation’ from the COCA corpus. We found two complementary models: a material model of conversion and a relational model of becoming. There are also two complementary models of agency: a middle model, where ‘transforming’ is construed as spontaneous and an effective model, where it is construed as caused by an external Agent. The metaphorical variant ‘social transformation’ displays patterns related to the use of “social” as a Classifier and ‘social transformation’ as part of extending nominal group complexes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-14845fbb2bfc46ebb04cedd6c67e428b2025-01-21T07:35:05ZengPontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloDELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada1678-460X2025-01-0140310.1590/1678-460x202440365095The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional studyChristian M.I.M. Matthiessenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0247-5723Jesús David Guerra-Lyonshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1384-8265Francisco O. D. Velosohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-1556ABSTRACT This paper investigates how experience of change is construed as meaning by analysing the lexicogrammatical patterns associated with the notion of ‘social transformation’. Through the experiential system of TRANSITIVITY, we analyse instances of the verb ‘transform’ and the nominalization ‘social transformation’ from the COCA corpus. We found two complementary models: a material model of conversion and a relational model of becoming. There are also two complementary models of agency: a middle model, where ‘transforming’ is construed as spontaneous and an effective model, where it is construed as caused by an external Agent. The metaphorical variant ‘social transformation’ displays patterns related to the use of “social” as a Classifier and ‘social transformation’ as part of extending nominal group complexes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502024000300605&lng=en&tlng=enideational grammartransitivitygrammatical metaphorsocial transformationsystemic functional linguistics |
| spellingShingle | Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Jesús David Guerra-Lyons Francisco O. D. Veloso The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional study DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada ideational grammar transitivity grammatical metaphor social transformation systemic functional linguistics |
| title | The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional study |
| title_full | The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional study |
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| title_short | The grammar of ‘transform’ and ‘social transformation’: a systemic functional study |
| title_sort | grammar of transform and social transformation a systemic functional study |
| topic | ideational grammar transitivity grammatical metaphor social transformation systemic functional linguistics |
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