Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology

LIU Xiang-dong

Jun. 2021

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LIU Xiang-dong. Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(3): 49-56.

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LIU Xiang-dong. Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(3): 49-56.

LIU Xiang-dong. Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(3): 49-56.

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LIU Xiang-dong. Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(3): 49-56.

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Revisiting the Concept of Register from the Perspective of Typology

LIU Xiang-dong

Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China

Received Date: 2018-01-06
Available Online: 2021-06-01

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This paper reviews the gist, level and function of the concept of register within the overall SFL framework. Then, it points out that the ideas and methods of functional typology can shed much light on studies on register, providing resources for a finer scale of delicacy to describe register. Context can be sub-categorized in terms of three dimensions: fields of activity, tenor relationship and social semiotic mode, which accord respectively with field, tenor and mode. Based on this approach, types and subtypes of different registers can be described and interpreted precisely. The study shows that the mechanism of register is recursive through the language system, determined dynamically by the three variables of context.
- registerial typology,
- functional variation,
- field of activity,
- contex

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