Dynamic modelling of context: Field, Tenor and Mode revisited

• Mick O'Donnell ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Lingua: International review of general linguistics, ISSN 0024-3841, Nº 261, 2021
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article looks at context as a dynamically changing object, exploring the repercussions on the linguistic model when one takes seriously the idea that the Context of Situation can change throughout an interaction. I will first present three concepts I think very important in the modelling of context: that context is dynamic, that context is a semiotic construct, and that context is subjective. I then explore how the notions of Field, Tenor and Mode can be re-conceptualised on the basis of these four concepts, when viewed as dynamic, semiotic and subjective objects.