Martin (2013: 61):
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Firstly, this once again misrepresents SFL methodology by devising a system from below: on the basis of structure.
Secondly, not all nominal groups include a Thing function. For example, neither nominal group in the clause that was nice includes a Thing: the first has Deictic as Head, and the second has Epithet as Head. Martin does not account for this in any later discussion.
Thirdly, the choice of 'simple' vs 'complex' as a nominal group system is very poor pedagogically, not to say theoretically, since the notion of a simple nominal group and a complex nominal group invites confusion with a nominal group simplex and a nominal group complex.
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