ABSTRACT
So far, we have concentrated almost exclusively on single clauses, although at times we have had to consider combinations of clauses (for example, in identifying Theme in text we have worked with T-units). As I have stressed throughout the book, the clause is the central resource for making meanings, and the main systems that we have explored relate to clauses. However, we have another resource that we can draw on: the logical metafunction, which enables us to produce more complex con gurations in which two or more clauses are joined into a larger whole. The rst extract below is a typical example of this kind of clause combining from a formal written text, and the second is from an informal conversation.
