English Language - Context and Audience

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What is context?
The various settings of a text
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What is the context of reception?
The situations in which a text is read and those factors that might influence a reader’s interpretation
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The implied reader is...
a constructed image of an idealised reader
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The actual reader is...
Any person or people who engage with the text
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An implied writer is...
A constructed image of an idealised writer
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The actual writer is...
The "real" person or people responsible for the text's production
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What is a discourse community?
A group of people who share the same beliefs so will likely respond to the text in similar ways
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What is the context of reception?

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The situations in which a text is read and those factors that might influence a reader’s interpretation

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The implied reader is...

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The actual reader is...

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An implied writer is...

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