Verbal Processes And Projection

Matthiessen (1995: 116):

Any feature we assign to the example will have some location in the system network, in the paradigmatic organisation of the lexicogrammar, and we can then use the system network to find agnate examples. Thus, if it is verbal, it should be able to project.

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To be clear, not all verbal processes are able to project. Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 307):

Verbs that accept a Target do not easily project reported speech.

This will become an important issue later when Matthiessen's classification of verbal and behavioural processes is examined.