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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Main Authors: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Jesús David Guerra-Lyons, Francisco O. D. Veloso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2025-01-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502024000300605&lng=en&tlng=en
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