Projecting Clause As Culminative Or Thematic

Matthiessen (1995: 155-6):

When the projecting clause follows, the Sayer/Subject or Senser/Subject can be given the status of Culminative (... "The paper gave fair coverage in those days," says Zani Ahmad, a prominent political exile now living in Kuala Lumpur ). When the projecting clause precedes, it can be interpreted as having thematic status;

Blogger Comments:

To be clear, this is the application of Matthiessen's clause element 'Culminative' to the clause complex. With regard to the thematic status of a clause in a clause complex, Halliday (1994: 55-6) limits this to an initiating dependent expanding clause.