Register, or the functional variety of language, is presented in situational contexts. The situational context is composed of field, tenor and mode of discourse, which manifests the register's features. An author is ...Register, or the functional variety of language, is presented in situational contexts. The situational context is composed of field, tenor and mode of discourse, which manifests the register's features. An author is to make different choices to express meanings, i.e., to choose expressions among potential meanings that are appropriate to contexts. The paper intends to present the instructive and practical values of register in English writing teaching.展开更多
文摘Register, or the functional variety of language, is presented in situational contexts. The situational context is composed of field, tenor and mode of discourse, which manifests the register's features. An author is to make different choices to express meanings, i.e., to choose expressions among potential meanings that are appropriate to contexts. The paper intends to present the instructive and practical values of register in English writing teaching.