Can anyone help me out? …
8(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.
… What kind of Adjunct is "in particular"??
It’s not an Adjunct; it modifies “when”; cf.:
8(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes. ~
in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes,
8(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.
But if placed as if it were an Adjunct, it has a different sense, e.g.:
8(1) The Court shall, in particular, have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes. ~
Or of course:
in particular, 8(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes. ~
So it modifies when, just as other adverbs such as particularly, exactly, just can do. This possibility is mentioned in IFG 4 p. 423, Section 6.2.3, but it’s very brief.
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To be clear, the question here is one of constituency. Is in particular a constituent of a clause, as Lukin assumes, or a constituent of a conjunction group, in particular when, as Matthiessen argues?
The instance in question involves two clauses:
- The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes
- in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.
(Cf. the exemplifying agnate: The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes for example when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes)
If in particular modifies when, then it cannot be moved around the clause, whereas if in particular is a constituent of the clause, it can be moved. As the following agnates demonstrate, in particular can be moved around the clause, and so is a constituent of the clause, not a constituent of the conjunction group:
- when, in particular, committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes
- when committed, in particular, as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes
- when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes, in particular
The flaw in Matthiessen's argument is that, although he locates in particular in the second clause (modifying when), his argument against it being a clause constituent assumes that it is part of the first clause.
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I don't really get how someone who composed the book "Lexicogrammatical Cartography" (which seems to me to be at least superficially, immensely complex) makes an error of this sought. I'm still a beginner when it comes to SFL, and almost everything goes right over my head. So, I'm not too sure how to feel about this case. Am I suppose to be relieved that even experts make relatively simple errors,or should I be concerned that one of the most prolific authors in the field still makes such mistakes? Or maybe i'm just being too black and white about it.
Well, it's the sort of mistake we can all make, but because CMIM has such standing (deservedly), I had no choice but to clarify the situation.
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