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    The document defines mode as the symbolic organization of a text, including its medium (spoken, written, etc.) and rhetorical mode (expository, persuasive, etc.). Mode describes how the language is used in communication and how the text is organized, such as where the information focus lies and what is given vs. new information. Mode refers to the role and function of language in a given situation, and provides expectations for what the language can achieve, such as being persuasive, expository, or didactic. Mode is a central aspect studied in discourse analysis.

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    The document defines mode as the symbolic organization of a text, including its medium (spoken, written, etc.) and rhetorical mode (expository, persuasive, etc.). Mode describes how the language is used in communication and how the text is organized, such as where the information focus lies and what is given vs. new information. Mode refers to the role and function of language in a given situation, and provides expectations for what the language can achieve, such as being persuasive, expository, or didactic. Mode is a central aspect studied in discourse analysis.

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    Mode register definition, functions, conclusions

    The Big Boss & Liviu Ionut


    DEF: (Halliday developed an analysis of context in terms of field, tenor and mode. Hallidays
    t ird cate!ory" Mode is (# at e refers to as" the symbolic organisation of the text, its

    status, and its function in the context. It describes the way the language is being used in the speech interaction, including the medium (spo$en, #ritten, #ritten to %e spo$en, etc." as well as the rhetorical mode (expository, instructive, persuasive, etc.". Mode: its the way the text should be organized (# ere t e information focus
    lies, # at is !iven and # at ne# information is provided, etc."

    &'(&L)*I'(*: The mode of discourse refers to what part the language plays and

    the participants expectiations about what language can do for them in that situation. Mode says something about what the text achie es in terms persuasi e, expository and didactic categories, and the li!e. In discourse studies the mode aspect is central.

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