Doran (2021):
Blogger Comments:
[1] To be clear, here Doran limits multivariate structure to experiential structures without repeated elements. On this model of orbital structure, an experiential structure ceases to be multivariate with the instantiation of more than one element of the same type — circumstance, Epithet or Qualifier (non-linear) or Classifier (linear) — despite the fact that it still conforms to the definition of a multivariate structure as 'a configuration of elements each having a distinct function with respect to the whole' (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014: 390).
[2] To be clear, the overlap of 'multivariate' with 'nuclear' flatly contradicts Doran's previous claim that 'multivariate interpretations tend not to involve a nucleus':
See Martin's Orbital Model As Univariate Representation Of A Multivariate Structure