Verbal Process

Verbal Process

A process that is realized by verbal group which encodes experiences of bringing the inner world outside by speaking is called VERBAL process.

Participant roles in this process are:

Sayer: The person or thing (dictionary, sign, article, newspaper, etc.) that says something. 

 Verbiage: the content of what is said, always expressed by a Noun group

Receiver: the addressee; the person to whom something is said

Target: one acted upon verbally

                Processes of saying or verbal processes can project another clause that expresses the content of what was said (locution). Locution can be realized in quotation, reported.The “locution” IS NOT a Participant in the verbal clause but a separate clause projected by it.

Example:

John	told	Jenny	a rude joke
Sayer	Process: Verbal	Receiver	Verbiage

John	slurred	Jenny
Sayer	Process: Verbal	Target

John	asked	me	some questions	yesterday
Sayer	Process: Verbal	Receiver	Verbiage	Circumstance: Location (Time)

“Gold!”	shouted	the prospector
Locution	Process: Verbal	Sayer

The girl	chat	on the way home
Sayer	Process: Verbal	Circumstance: Location (Place)

She	said	“I	don’t like	Brussels sprouts”
Sayer	Process: Verbal	Senser	Process:Mental	Phenomenon
		Locution

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