Martin & Rose (2007: 94):
Finally, associated with a process are various kinds of Circumstances that vary in their degree of involvement in it. Circumstances of Place, Time and Cause do not participate in the activity, but are more peripherally associated with it:
As they are peripheral to the process, we can call these 'outer Circumstances'.
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[1] Trivially, by convention, the term 'circumstance' is not capitalised in SFL theory, because it is a class of element rather than an element of function structure (like Location or Cause).
[2] To be clear, no circumstances participate in the Process; that is what makes them circumstances rather than participants.
[3] To be clear, the theoretical term for 'activity' here is 'Process'. As previously demonstrated, the theoretical valeur of authors' term varies from instance to instance.
[4] To be clear, all circumstances are peripheral to the process, so peripherality does not distinguish outer circumstances from inner circumstances.
[4] To be clear, all circumstances are peripheral to the process, so peripherality does not distinguish outer circumstances from inner circumstances.
Moreover, because Martin & Rose do not understand the principles underlying source of "their" ideas, they misrepresent an inner circumstance (Location: directional), to a special unit, as an outer circumstance. Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 175):
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