Fawcett (2010: 213-4):
The concept of element of structure (or element for short) is the second of the three fundamental categories in syntax in the present framework (the others being class of unit and item). The term "element (of structure)" and the term "structure" are used here in broadly the same sense as in "Categories" — but with two important provisos that I shall mention below.
Elements of structure are the immediate components of classes of units. …
Appendix B summarises the main elements that occur in each of the five major units of English (and also in the genitive cluster — a class of 'cluster' that may itself contain a nominal group).
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[1] To be clear, this is significantly different from SFL Theory, where elements of structure are not the immediate components of classes of units. In SFL Theory, the immediate components (constituents) of a unit are units of the rank below. For example, the immediate constituents of a clause are groups/phrases.
Elements, on the other hand, are the functions served by units in the structure of a unit of the rank above. For example, the element 'Senser' is a function served by a nominal group in the structure of a clause.
[2] Appendix B provides the following elements of units. It can be seen that Fawcett models quotation marks (graphology) — i.e. written mode only — as elements of text structure (semantics).
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