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Table 2 Process types in English

From: Understanding experiential meaning-making in Chinese adolescent L2 writing: a systemic functional perspective

Process type

Sub-category

Example

material

event

This morning, our school had a charity sale on the playground.

 

action

Students brought some pens, notebooks, toys, books and magazines to sell.

mental

perception

We may discover that we not only know more about everything,

 

cognition

Only will we learn those if we have much enough practice in the real society.

 

emotion

He hates cola.

 

desideration

I want to have Chinese food.

relational

attributive

Lifelong learning isn’t always so easy.

 

identifying

Lifelong learning means that one should never stop learning until death takes him away.

behavioral

 

Henry smiles at his failure.

verbal

 

She told me the truth.

existential

 

There is a tree outside.