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In what social setting is this kind of text typically produced? What constraints and obligations does this setting impose on speakers and listeners / writers and readers?

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What is the communicative purpose of this text (this may involve explicit and implicit factors)?

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What roles may be required of writers and

readers in this communication?

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What shared cultural values may be required of speakers and listeners / writers and readers in this communication?

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What knowledge of other texts may be required of speakers and listeners / writers and readers in this communication?

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What shared knowledge of formal text features (conventions) is required to participate effectively into this communication?

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what is the text about? How are the logical relationships in

the text signaled?

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How is the relationship between the writer and reader constructed? How is the power relationship between writer and reader signaled? How does the writer signal evaluations (approval / disapproval, acceptance / rejection, certainty / uncertainty etc.)

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How is the text organised at a micro level (Theme / Rheme) and as a series of larger units of meaning (e.g. discourse moves such as SPRE, Reason > Result, General > Particular,

Time sequence)?

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