As shown above, a material process is a linguistic process that represents
doing. The doer may or may not be the subject of the sentence. Both the
actor and the goal are participants of the process.
| Material
processes are those involving physical actions: walking, running, throwing,
kicking, wrapping and so on. A material process usually involves an actor.
In many cases, the action is represented as affecting or “being done to”
the goal, an object or person
to which the action is directed. Some material processes also involve circumstance,
which essentially encodes the background of action, including time, location,
manner, cause, reason, accompaniment, etc. These can be illustrated as follows:
As shown above, a material process is a linguistic process that represents
doing. The doer may or may not be the subject of the sentence. Both the
actor and the goal are participants of the process. |
