A New Architecture for Functional Grammar (Functional Grammar Series)

FG from its inception 33

In this case, ω covers term operators, ωxi defines the universe of poten-
tial referents, restricted firstly by the subset of which φ 1 (xi), the Head, is
true. This subset is then restricted by a subsequent subset of which the
Modifier φ 2 (xi) is true, and so forth.
The predication is as follows:
{ [ φ (x 1 ) (x 2 ) ... (xn)] (y 1 ) (y 2 ) ... (yn) }

predic ate arguments satellites

terms

nuclear predication

extended predicati on

Figure 4. The predication structure in FG 1 (Dik 1978a: 26)

The overall model of FG is as follows:

CONSTRUCTION PRED ICA TIO N

EXPRESSION RULES

FU N D

PRED ICA TIO N S

LIN G U ISTIC

EXPRESSION S

Figure 5. The overall layout of FG 1 (from Dik 1980b: 2)

One could ask what the four arrows represent in the picture. Is this a pro-
ductive model that mirrors a Speaker’s process, in which case the arrows