07 October 2021

[34] Problems With The Three Factors: Iteration, Nuclearity And Linearity

Doran (2021):



Blogger Comments:

[1] To be clear, as previously demonstrated:

  • 'iteration' confuses multiple occurrences of multivariate elements with iterative structure;
  • 'nuclearity' corresponds to a hypotactic relation between Martin's nucleus and satellite;
  • 'linearity' corresponds to a hypotactic relation between Martin's satellite and satellite
where Martin's model misconstrues a multivariate experiential structure as a univariate logical structure.

[2] To be clear, on this model, the experiential structure of a nominal group like new two-storey brick house involves all three factors:

  • iteration: 2 Classifiers;
  • nuclearity: Thing–Epithet "status distinction" (logical hypotaxis);
  • linearity: Classifier–Classifier "interdependency" (logical hypotaxis).
Clearly, Doran does not understand that "status distinction" (hypotaxis) is a type of interdependency.