本来是第三版里的一段话

未能找到第三版的图片，所以本来是第三版里的一段话转引在了这里：

“ …, when a figure is realized metaphorically by a group or phrase, it is deprived of the interpersonal status of a proposition or proposal, making it inarguable. It is thus presented as something already established; and any modification, including interpersonal evaluative ones, have to be taken for granted.” IFG3, p. 645

例句一
A standard empirical hypothesis is that one component of the mind/brain is a parser, which...

连同这句一共四个例句，都出自乔姆斯基的The Minimalist Program。
其实很可以对这一段做个批判话语分析。