Doran (2021):
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To recap, as previously demonstrated:
- Martin's orbital interpretation is a univariate representation of a multivariate structure.
- Doran distinguishes Martin's orbital structure from multivariate structures.
So, Doran's confusion (2) derives from Martin's misrepresentation (1).
Looking ahead, having argued that orbital structure is not multivariate, Doran's next move, in arguing for his notion of nuclear dependency, will be to confuse interdependency ("status difference") — deriving from (1) above — with the 'dependency construct' (tree schema) representation of multivariate structure explored in Halliday 1979:
