On prepositions and particles: a case for lexical representation in systemic functional linguistics

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Table 1. Possible SFL analysis of a clause with isolate P-item.

He	pulled	the door	to
Nominal group	Verbal group	Nominal group	Adverbial group

Table 2. SFG analysis of a clause with P-item.

He	pulled	the door	to
Nominal group	Verbal group	Nominal group	Prepositional phrase

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(20)	Fred: Where’s Ivy? Has she gone out to the shops with Ike?
	Fiona: Yes, she has gone out.