MOOD

Clause as exchange social relations

Interpersonal meaning

SPEECH FUNCTION
Speech Exchange
Supporting Confronting
Roles Commodity Initiation
Response Response
Giving goods-&- offer acceptance rejection
Demanding command compliance refusal
services
Giving statement acknowledgmen contradiction
Information t
Demanding question answer disclaimer

Mood Residue
S F P C Adjunct

I am a student.
S F
I am sleepy.
S F
I have // been waiting for you for years.
S F
I ate pie this morning. I eat pie everyday. I will eat pie after this.
S F/P

Types of adjunct
Interpersonal meaning Experiential meaning Textual meaning

-mood ad (M) circumstantial ad -conjunctive ad

-comment ad (X M&R) -continuity ad
-vocative ad (X M&R)
-Polarity ad (M)

= adverbial = conjunction
Residue XM&R

1. It rains more heavily on the hill. (CA)

2. It rains more heavily, on the whole. (ComA)
3. It rains more heavily, on the other side. (CA)
4. It rains more heavily, on the other hand. (ConjA)

ADJUNCT
mood comment conjunctive continuity
 Probability Frankly  Elaboration Well
 Usuality Honestly, really  Extention Yea
 Intensification/ Luckily, hopefully  Enhancement Oh
minimization: Tentatively,  However, Mmmh...
really, provisionally moreover, in
absolutely, just, Broadly speaking, other words
somewhat generally  So, like, I mean
 Presumption: Understandably,
presumably, wisely
evidently, As expected,
obviously amazingly
 Inclination:
happily, willingly

The scope is the  Typically occur in  Link one sentence In casual talk to
entire clause initial position or n another introduce a clause n
directly after S (cohesive conj) to signal that a
 Realized by adverb  Link clauses within response to prior
clause complexes talk is about to be
(structural conj) provided
 Expressing logical
meanings
 Expressing an  Showing linking
assesment about relation between
the clause as a one sentence n
whole another
 Expressing logical
meanings

MOOD TYPES
 Declarative – S F
I am ok.

 Polar interrogative – F S
Are you ok?

 WH-interogative
- who: WH/S F
Who are you?
I am ghost.

- what: WH/C F WH/S F

What is your name? (S F)
What did you do last night? (C F)
- when/ where: WH/ CA F

 Exclamative – Residue
 Imperative – F P
FINITENESS

I trust you.
I don’t trust you.
I do not trust you.
I come to fix the problem.
She comes.
I came.
I will go to fix the problem.
Would you mind closing the door?