Spoken Language Field, Mode and Tenor. Flashcards

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Define Field.

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The social action.
Refers to the nature of the social action of what is taking place, what is it that the participants figures as some essential components.
Simply, Concerns the subject matter and what is refers to in the real world.
E.g.
You talk to your doctor about your health.

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Define Mode.

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The framing of the interaction and how it presents itself from the speaker/writer.
For example, introductions and explanations at the beginning of a speech.

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Define Tenor.

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The participants in a discourse, their relationships to each other and their purposes.
E.g. I might use the first person in an informal, personal conversation.

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