In addition there are three kinds of Range that are central to the Process, that we can call ‘inner Ranges'. The first is where the lexical process is very general, such as do, have, go, play and so on, and the Range specifies the type of process, such as do a dance, have a bath, play tennis. Dancing, bathing and tennis are of course actually activities, but they can be realised as nouns that combine with general processes. These are known as Range:process.
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[1] To be clear, this is merely a bare assertion, since no argument is provided as to why these kinds of Range are central to the Process. As an argument, it is one instance of the logical fallacy known as Proof By Assertion. Cf Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 348):
[2] Here again Martin & Rose misconstrue a grammatical category ('Process') as lexical.
[3] To be clear, here again, Martin & Rose confuse Halliday's particularised transitive model (Scope: process of material clauses) with Halliday's generalised ergative model (Range), and use the former to elaborate the latter as their means of rebranding of Halliday's grammar as Martin's discourse semantics (nuclear relations).
do
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a dance
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have
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a bath
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play
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tennis
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Process:
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Range
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material
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Scope: process
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