Sentence examples for behavioural clauses from inspiring English sources

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Examples 35 37 are behavioural clauses.

Behavioural clauses are clauses of behaving (bodily activity: watching, crying, and laughing).

The only inherent participant of the behavioural clauses is the Behaver the one who behaves.

In behavioural clauses, Behaver is the inherent participant (e.g., 'I' in 'I almost choked') and there may be a grammatical participant that represents the Behaviour involved.

'In the second month, the Tai Dam cut down trees, (they) do not build a house.' Behavioural clauses are clauses of behaving (bodily activity: watching, crying, and laughing).

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The main participant found in a behavioural clause is a Behaver which, generally, represents a conscious entity, as in (42).

Mental, behavioural and verbal clauses tend to have the same selection pattern.

This is followed by behavioural process at around 1.21 % (the clause grammar of behaving).

This is modelled representationally by the transitivity system, which is "that part of grammar which constitutes a theory of 'goings-on'" (ibid).. Categorisation of the six processes types (Material, Mental, Relational, Verbal, Existential and Behavioural) is based upon the experiential structure of the clause (the syntax and semantics of the elements, specifically the process and participants).

For each clause, participants were asked to identify the process type realised by the clause by selecting one of the following six process type options: Material, Verbal, Mental, Behavioural, Relational and Existential.

Disease, disorder, behavioural problem?

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