This document analyzes the transitivity patterns in Lady Gaga's song "Shallow" from 2018. It identifies the participants, processes, and circumstances used in sections of the song lyrics through a transitivity analysis grid. Key elements identified include the singer as actor/senser, mental and material processes of longing, fearing, and diving, and circumstances of time, location, and contingency.
This document analyzes the transitivity patterns in Lady Gaga's song "Shallow" from 2018. It identifies the participants, processes, and circumstances used in sections of the song lyrics through a transitivity analysis grid. Key elements identified include the singer as actor/senser, mental and material processes of longing, fearing, and diving, and circumstances of time, location, and contingency.
This document analyzes the transitivity patterns in Lady Gaga's song "Shallow" from 2018. It identifies the participants, processes, and circumstances used in sections of the song lyrics through a transitivity analysis grid. Key elements identified include the singer as actor/senser, mental and material processes of longing, fearing, and diving, and circumstances of time, location, and contingency.
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
Material pr circ. Ext. spatial senser pt mental aff pr phenomenon We're far from the shallow now Circ. Ext. spatial circ.loc. tempo
In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow
In the sha-ha-sha-la-la-la-llow In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow We're far from the shallow now Oh, ha-ah-ah Ah, ha-ah-ah, oh, ah Ha-ah-ah-ah
I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us We're far from the shallow now In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow In the sha-ha-sha-la-la-la-llow In the sha-ha, sha-ha-llow We're far from the shallow now