Halliday's famous (1971) analysis and Hoover's more recent (1999) corpus-based work, both of which say relatively little about inferential processes. This paper suggests that an account of inferential processes is in principle a vital part of any adequate account of how texts create effects, even though it is not always practical to offer a detailed account. In some cases, including the case of The Inheritors, the nature of the inferential processes which the text gives rise to makes an important contribution to how we understand and respond to the text.

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