Misconstruing Social Context As Language Varieties

Martin, Matthiessen & Painter (2010: 294):

Martin & Rose (2003) interface with grammar on the discourse semantic side, and we've illustrated how to move from ideational, interpersonal and textual meaning in grammar to the discourse structuring resources which they realise. Working with Discourse in turn interfaces with models of social context, specifically the model of register (field, tenor and mode) outlined in Martin (1992) and the work on genre consolidated in Martin & Rose (2008).

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[1] To be clear, this claim is based on the sub-headings 2.1 Theme and information flow, 2.2 Clause complexing and conjunction, 2.3 Transitivity and ideation, and 2.4 Nominal Groups, ideation and identification. See the relevant previous posts for the theoretical problems with each of these "illustrations":

• Misrepresenting Theme
• Misrepresenting Rhematic And Ellipsed Subjects As Theme [1]
• Misrepresenting Rhematic And Ellipsed Subjects As Theme [2]
• Misrepresenting Rhematic And Ellipsed Subjects As Theme [3]
• Misrepresenting Rhematic And Ellipsed Subjects As Theme [4]
• Misrepresenting The General Thematic Pattern Of A Text
• The Problem With Hyper-Theme As Linguistic Theory
• The Problems With Hyper-Theme And Hyper-New As Linguistic Theory
• The Problem With Macro-Theme As Linguistic Theory
• Misrepresenting IFG On Temporal Relations
• Misrepresenting Temporal Relations In A Text
• Misrepresenting IFG And Mistaking Continuity For Internal Conjunction
• Failing To Distinguish Continuity From Conjunction
• Misrepresenting Internal Relations
• Confusing Two Distinct Texts
• Misrepresenting Ellipsed Subjects As Unmarked Themes
• Misrepresenting The Ergative Model As The Transitive Model
• The Difference Between Martin's 'Activity Sequence' And Halliday's 'Sequence'
• Confusing Nominal Group Structure With Lexical Cohesion
• The Discourse Semantic System Of Participant Identification
• Misconstruing Reference As Tracking And Confusing Reference With Lexical Cohesion
• Identity Chains As The Confusion Of Reference And Lexical Cohesion [1]
• Problems With 'Tracking' And 'Esphora'
• Identity Chains As The Confusion Of Reference And Lexical Cohesion [2]
• Misrepresenting Writing Pedagogy As Linguistic Theory
• Misrepresenting Text Reference

[2] To be clear, Martin ± Rose (1992, 2003, 2007, 2008) confuse the social context (field, tenor, mode) realised in language with functional varieties of language (registers/text types), with the term 'genre' confusing text type with contextual mode ('purpose') and non-metafunctional semantic structure ('stages').