English Language

• Mode: method of communication (written, spoken, multi-modal)
• Field: subject matter- topic
• Function: purpose
• Tenor- relationship between speaker/writer and audience
• Lexis: words used in text or spoken data; words, phrases + idioms of language
• phonology- study of the patterns of sounds in a language
• deixis: use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person