What is Clause Complex

Part of the researcher's duties towards his supervisees is to guide them in their postgraduate research journeys. Two important questions were raised by his supervisees. One of them is why the majority of studies follow Hyland's framework in analysing identity. The other question is why we do not follow Hyland's (framework in analysing the reporting verbs instead of Halliday's transitivity system. Is it because the latter is so difficult to understand? Therefore, this chapter aims at focusing on identity in second language (L2) writing, comparing between Halliday's modality, Vande Kopple's taxonomy, Crismore et al.'s taxonomy, and Hyland's model of metadiscourse. The findings showed a sort of similarity as well as variety, thus resulting in overlapping and lacking a solid model for analysing how writers reveal their identity. Therefore, a necessity arises to present a comprehensive model that can be used to identify all the categories and subcategories related to interpersonal meanings.