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    The document introduces the concept of mood in systemic functional grammar. Mood indicates the manner of intent in language and establishes relationships between speakers through speech roles and the exchange of information or goods. The clause consists of two functional constituents - the mood and the residue, with mood carrying the interactive element and consisting of the subject and finite.

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    The document introduces the concept of mood in systemic functional grammar. Mood indicates the manner of intent in language and establishes relationships between speakers through speech roles and the exchange of information or goods. The clause consists of two functional constituents - the mood and the residue, with mood carrying the interactive element and consisting of the subject and finite.

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    The document introduces the concept of mood in systemic functional grammar. Mood indicates the manner of intent in language and establishes relationships between speakers through speech roles and the exchange of information or goods. The clause consists of two functional constituents - the mood and the residue, with mood carrying the interactive element and consisting of the subject and finite.

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    Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar

    Chapter 2 Mood

    Noeris Meiristiani
    English Education Department, UPS Tegal
    The grammar of interpersonal meaning: Mood

    • Mood indicates the varieties of expression that reflect manner of


    intent.
    • Whenever we use language to interact, one of the things we are
    doing with it is establishing a relationship between us: between
    the person speaking now and the person who will probably speak
    next. To establish this relationship we take turns at speaking, we
    take on different speech roles in the exchange.
    The clause as an exchange

    Speech roles and the commodities in interaction

    SPEECH ROLE COMMODITY EXCHANGED


    Information Goods and services

    Giving Statement Offer


    Demanding Question Command

    Based on Halliday (in Eggins, 1994)


    The clause as an exchange

    Speech function pairs (initiations and responses)


    Initiating speech Responding speech function
    functions
    Supporting Confronting
    offer acceptance rejection
    (may be non-verbal)
    command compliance refusal
    (may be non-verbal)
    statement acknowledgement contradiction
    question answer disclaimer

    Based on Halliday (in Eggins, 1994)


    The four basic move types of statement, question, offer and
    command are what Halliday refers to as speech functions.

    So we say that every starting move in dialogue must be one or the


    other of these speech functions, and each speech function involves
    both a speech role and a commodity choice.
    Example:
    What grammatical structure realises these meanings?
    A: Have you ever read “The Bostonians”? question
    B: I really wouldn’t know. disclaimer
    C: Yes, I have. answer
    A: It’s by Henry James.statement
    C: Yea. acknowledgement
    B: No it’s not! contradiction
    C: Would you like to borrow my copy? offer
    B: Well, OK. accept
    A: You’ll enjoy it. statement
    C: Yea. acknowledgement
    C: Here, take it! command
    B: (takes book) Thanks. compliance
    Mood

    The grammar of the clause as exchange is that the clause consists of


    two functional constituents: a MOOD and a RESIDUE.

    • MOOD functions to carry the argument. It carries “the burden of


    the clause as an interactive event”. MOOD consists of: the Subject
    and the Finite.

    • RESIDUE can be left out or ellipsed. It is the remainder of each


    clause, if there is a remainder.
    The Mood Structure

    Mood

    MOOD RESIDUE

    Subject Finite Predicator Complement Adjunct

    nominal verbal verb part has the potential contribute some


    group group of the clause of being Subject additional information
    to the clause
    Example

    Henry Ford built his first car in his backyard.

    Subject Finite (past) Predicator Complement Adjunct


    Mood Residue
    Mood Types

    declarative

    indicative
    polar
    Mood
    interrogative

    Wh
    imperative
    Example

    Declarative
    The car had four bicycle wheels.
    Subject Finite Complement
    Mood Residue
    Example

    Interrogative
    • Polar (Yes/No Questions)
    Did Henry Ford build his first car in the backyard?

    Finite Subject Predicator Complement Circ. Adjunct


    Mood Residue

    Wh-Questions: Querying Subject


    Who built a car in his backyard?
    Subject/Wh. Finite Predicator Complement Circ. Adjunct
    Mood Residue
    Example

    • Querying Residue

    What did Henry Ford build?


    Complement/Wh Finite Subject Predicator
    Mood
    Residue
    Example

    • Imperatives
    Don’t you put it there.

    Finite Subject Predicator Complement Circ. Adjunct


    Mood Residue
    when he came across the penguin.
    S F P C
    Mood Residue
    • and I was singing
    F P
    M R

    Exercise 2.4 (page 43)


    • I can do it
    S F P C

    She goes to school


    S F/P Circ. Adj.

    I am teaching my students.
    S F P C

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