Mass As Technicality, Iconisation, And Aggregation Deconstructed

Doran, Martin & Herrington (2024: 203):

We’re now in position to summarise the metafunctional perspective on mass presented above. 

From the perspective of ideational meaning, the key variable is technicality – to what extent is meaning distilled as technical terms arranged as uncommon sense property, classification, composition, and activity? 

From the perspective of interpersonal meaning the key variable is iconisation – to what extent is knowledge charged with values shared by members of a community? 

From the perspective of textual meaning the key variable is aggregation – to what extent does a text consolidate meaning, prospectively or retrospectively, as it unfolds? 

Table 3 summarises this metafunctional factoring of mass as technicality, iconisation, and aggregation.

Reviewer Comments:

[1] As previously explained, 'mass' is the meaning of language misunderstood as the contextual parameter of field.

[2] As previously explained, 'technicality' is the ideational meaning of language misunderstood as the contextual parameter of field.

[3] As previously explained, 'iconisation' is the interpersonal meaning of language misunderstood as the contextual parameter of field.

[4] As previously explained, 'aggregation' is the textual meaning of language misunderstood as the contextual parameter of field.