Transitivity System: material processes (Let's revise)

Complete the following statement:

Transitivity is the resource or system of the language that we use to represent ___.

• interpersonal meaning

• textual meaning

• experiential meaning

Complete the following statement:

Transitivity relates to the ___ of the text

• field

• tenor

• mode

Nuclear transitivity refers to the resources that are central to the representation of experience and thus obligatory. Which are these resources?

• the Process

• the Circumstances

• the Participants

Peripheral transitivity relates to the resources that are non-central to the clause and thus optional. Which are these resources?

• the Process

• the Circumstances

• the Participants

Which of the following statements is NOT true about material processes?

• They typically involve physical actions or activities.

• The Doer in a material process is the entity that performs the action.

• They form the largest and most diverse category in transitivity.

• They may involve a Goal or Beneficiary, which are entites affected by the process.

Choose the correct participant

The participant being affected or receiving the impact of the action.

• Actor

• Goal

• Range

• Beneficiary

  (Recipient)

• Beneficiary

  (Client)

Choose the correct participant

The participant that receives the Goal being exchanged in a process of giving (to + Ngp).

• Actor

• Goal

• Range

• Beneficiary

  (Recipient)

• Beneficiary

  (Client)

Choose the correct participant

The doer of the action. The participant who carries out the action.

• Actor

• Goal

• Range

• Beneficiary

  (Recipient)

• Beneficiary

  (Client)

Choose the correct participant

The participant that represents the scope of application of the action, but that is not affected by it.

• Actor

• Goal

• Range

• Beneficiary

  (Recipient)

• Beneficiary

  (Client)

Choose the correct participant

The participant on behalf of whom sth is done (for + Ngp).

• Actor

• Goal

• Range

• Beneficiary

  (Recipient)

• Beneficiary

  (Client)