language

Question 1

contextual factors

Answer 1

-where the text exists
-public/private
-online -> platform/device
- ‘when’- does it need to be situated into a particular time period or in relation to key events?
- written or spoken -> handwritten/typed (written)
- cultural +what the text is about
- topic
background information we need to understand the text
- who ‘published’ the text- is there anything we know or need to know about them?
-text type (expected, conventional features)
-audience
- situational (interlocuters, setting)
- cultural (what it is about)
- mode (spoken or written)

Question 2

common purposes

Answer 2

persuasion, information, and entertainment, educate

Question 3

social purposes

Answer 3

• encouraging intimacy
  (closeness,familiarity,friendship) , solidarity and equality
• maintaining and challenging positive and negative face needs
• promoting linquistic innovation
  -supporting in-group membership
  -reinforcing social distance and authority
• establishing expertise
  -promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos and building rapport
• clarifying, manipulating or obfuscating