Material Processes

Material Processes

A process that is realized by verbal group which encodes experiences in external, material world is called MATERIAL process.

Participant roles in this process are:

Actor: doer of the action; participant who carries out the action;

Range: participant that represents the scope of application of the action, but that is not affected by it

Goal: participant being affected or receiving the impact of the action.

Beneficiary (Recipient): participant that receives the goal being exchanged in a process of giving (to+ Noun group)

Beneficiary (Client): participant on behalf of whom something is done (for + Noun group)

Example:

Mike	hit	the ball
Actor	Process: Material	Goal

Mike	sang	a song
Actor	Process: Material	Range
Mike	hit	the ball
Actor	Process: Material	Goal

Mike	gave	the ball	to him
Actor	Process: Material	Goal	Beneficiary: Recipient

Bella	made	a cake	for her boyfriend
Actor	Process: Material	Goal	Beneficiary: Client

There is also another role in this process that is circumstance. Circumstance is Word or group of Word that provide further information regarding the condition in which a process occurs. Circumstance answer the question How, When, Why, Where, to whom, with what, and so on.

Mike	hit	the ball	with a stick
Actor	Process: Material	Goal	Circumstance: Means

Mike	ate	a cake	in the morning
Actor	Process: Material	Goal	Circumstance: Location (time)

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