Experiential Clause Systems in Shahmukhi Punjabi: A Systemic Functional Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify and describe the experiential clause functions of Participant (s), a Process, and Circumstance (s) in Shahmukhi Punjabi using the Systemic Functional Language Description (SFLD) approach. Grounded in the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) framework, the study focuses on the Transitivity system, which was manually designed and implemented using the UAM corpus tool to annotate the sequence of experiential clause structures and their grammatical realizations from the groups/phrases to morpheme levels. A corpus of the news texts was compiled and uploaded into the tool for analysis. Each clause in the corpus was examined to identify experiential elements, exploring how these elements were configured through corresponding groups/phrases, words, and morphemes. The study offers a systematic description of the lexicogrammatical choices, contributing to a broader understanding of the experiential meaning in this underused language.