Systemic functional linguistics analyzes language in its social context, explaining how vocabulary and grammar relate to culture. It describes genres as patterns of language use for different social purposes and registers as variations in language based on factors like field, tenor, and mode. Spoken discourse varies based on social situations and includes transactional language for tasks and interactional language for interpersonal relationships.

1. THEORIES
IN
DISCOURSE
ANALYSIS (I)
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2. Systemic-functional linguisticsSystemic-functional linguistics
• Socially functional structure of language
• Explains relation between voc & grammar;
cultural & social context
• Describes differences and similarities
between spoken and written language

3. Systemic-functional
linguistics
Genre
Register
Language, text &
context

4. Genre Describes use of spoken & written
Social purposes w/in a culture
Reflects change society and language
Varies from culture to culture
Abstraction

5. Register
Spoken discourse varies
from one
social situation to another
Field
Tenor
Mode

6. FIELD Social activity
What is being talked about
MODE CHANNEL
Face
Telephone
Writing
D
I
S
T
A
N
C
E

7. Tenor: relation between interactants
• POWER equal
• CONTACT frequent
• FEELING high
unequal
occasional
low

8. Systemic-functional linguisticsSystemic-functional linguistics
Precise way
Structured
Reflects
L2
Grammar and
Vocabulary by
Social context

9. Typology of Spoken Interactions
• Transactional
Language
• Interactional
Language
• Pragmatic Motivation
• Interpersonal
Motivation

10. AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
 Burns, A., Joyce, H., Gollin, S. ‘I see what you mean’
Using spoken discourse in the classroom: a handbook
for teachers. 1996. Macquarie University.
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