Section A: categorising texts- introduction
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- Section A: Categorising texts
- speech and writing
- MODE: the medium of communication, for example, speech or writing
- sub-mode: a sub-division of mode, such as poetry, drama and conversation
- GENRE: the category or type of a text, such as comedy, tragedy and horror
- MULTIMODAL TEXTS: texts that combine word, image and sound to produce meaning
- CONTEXT AND AUDIENCE
- CONTEXT OF RECEPTION: the situation in which a text is read and those factors that might influence a reader's interpretation.
- CONTEXT OF PRODUCTION: the situation in which a text is produced and those factors that might influence its writing
- ACTUAL READER: any reader who actually engages with the text.
- IMPLIED READER: the kind of reader a text producer has in mind when writing and who might be expected to 'follow' the author's point of view
- IMPLIED WRITER: a constructed image of the writer a reader may have in mind
- PURPOSE
- PURPOSE: the reason a text is produced
- MULTI-PURPOSE: a text with more than one purpose
- DUAL PURPOSE: a text with two clear and defined purposes
- PRIMARY PURPOSE: the main reason a text has been produced
- SECONDARY PURPOSE: a secondary (and sometimes more subtle) reason
- FORMALITY AND REGISTER
- REGISTER: a variety of language appropriate to a particular purpose and context
- TENOR: the relationship between the participants in a conversation or between text producer and reciever
- SPECIALIST REGISTER: a set of lexical items and grammatical constructions particular to an institution or occupational group
- E.g. JARGON: specialist terminology that may exclude others
- COLLOQUILALISM: a set of informal terms used in everyday language
- speech and writing
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