Table 1 Context of the Situation and Linguistic Features
From: The SFL genre-based approach to writing in EFL contexts
Layers | Categories | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Context | Field | Tenor | Mode |
Register variables | What is going on in the text? | What is the relationship between writers and readers? | How is the text organized, in spoken text or written text? |
Linguistic realization in metafunction | Ideational meaning: when, how, who, where, and what | Interpersonal learning: politeness, modality, and evaluative terms; attitudes, positions, and social roles | Textual meaning: Theme and Rheme as well as new and old information. |
Lexicogrammatical features | Vocabulary, grammar, and tense | Mood, modalities | Theme; this, it, and that |