Task 3.2 – Analysis

and comparison of two or more extracts from tourism and/or travelling texts

Please describe the register (Field, Tenor and Mode) of

the following extracts and compare them.

EXTRACT 1

The arrival of COVID-19 has been viewed as a watershed moment. In terms

of tourism, the unthinkable has happened. While previously the industry was

grappling with concerns of overtourism, we suddenly have been catapulted into a

collapse of the entire sector. This is because the tourism, hospitality and

events sectors have been crippled by government efforts to curtail and control

the pandemic. Borders have been shut, travel has been banned, social activities

have been curtailed, and people have been told to stay in their homes. However,

it is predictable that industries such as tourism will be keen to get back to

business as usual and are seeking shares of government stimulus packages and

interventions.

EXTRACT 2

Above the Atrium, and around the whole western arm of the inner church,

runs an outer gallery. On this gallery, over the Main Portal of the outer and

lower facade, stand Bronze Horses, forming a four magnificent quadriga, or team

of four, for a chariot. What makes these horses so important is the fact that

they help fix the date of various portions of the church. They are believed by

some antiquaries to be Greek works of the school of Lysippus, but others hold

that they are of Roman origin.

TASK 1.3

Consider the underlined parts of each extract and match them to

their best description:

Task

1.2

SFL considers the metafunctions as realising the

contextual parameters. Consider the following sentence taken from a text

about Venice:

My

new home had three rooms with marble floors and a view of the Misericordia

Canal.

Now look at the following modified sentences. Which

metafunction was changed in each case? Ideational, Interpersonal or Textual?

Task 1.1

Halliday

considers the lexicogrammatical systems of a language as realisations of the

metafunctions. Match each one of the grammatical systems below to the corresponding

metafunction.