Ngo, Hood, Martin, Painter, Smith & Zappavigna (2022: 10-1):
Ideational grammatical metaphors can be interpreted along similar lines. In (19), for example, what is construed verbally in (17) and (18) is construed nominally as her desire for restoration of her hair colour and her visit to Target. The nominal groups in (19) thus encode occurrences as if they were entities.
(17) She wanted to get her hair colour back,
(18) so she headed to Target.
(19) Her desire for restoration of her hair colour prompted her visit to Target.
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To be clear, (17) and (18) are congruent because a sequence (semantics) is realised by a clause complex (lexicogrammar), and each figure in the sequence (semantics) is realised by a clause (lexicogrammar).
In contrast, (19) is metaphorical because the sequence (semantics) is realised by a clause (lexicogrammar), and each figure in the sequence (semantics) is realised by a nominal group serving as participant (lexicogrammar), with the relation of cause between the figures in the sequence (semantics) realised by a verbal group serving as Process (lexicogrammar).
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