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_________ is the largest syntatic unit.
sentence
Compositionality lies at the center of the interface between_____________ and _____________
syntax / semantics
In the sentence “Mary kissed the dog in the kitchen,” the word “kissed” represents the ________ element in the experiential function.
Process
In the sentence “My mother is baking a cake,” the phrase “my mother” is the ________.
Participant
According to the formula MS = F (STIR), sentence meaning (M) is a function (F) of S = ________, T = ________, I = ________, and R = ________.
Answer: Structural – Textual – Interpersonal – Representational
Identify the modality and mood in this sentence: She must finish the report by tomorrow.
Modality = must (Modal verb – obligation) Mood = Declarative – indicative
Read the mini-text and find one example of cohesion and explain how coherence is achieved. Anna was late for school. She missed the bus again. Everyone knows she always wakes up late.
Cohesion: pronoun she refers back to Anna → referential cohesion. Coherence: ideas are logically linked (cause and effect: being late → missing bus).
Identify the Process (verb group) in the following sentence: The little boy dropped his ice cream on the floor.
dropped
Identify Participants and Circumstance in the sentence below: The teacher explained the lesson carefully to her students
Participants = the teacher (Actor), the lesson (Goal) Circumstance = to her students (Beneficiary), carefully (Manner
Textual meaning is formed by the combination of ________ (formal ties between sentences) and ________
cohesion – coherence
