This document describes the social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features of descriptive text. Descriptive text aims to describe a person, place, or thing. It identifies the phenomenon and then describes its parts, qualities, and characteristics. Descriptive text uses linking verbs, epithets, attributives, and focuses on specific participants through simple present tense and frequent use of epithets and classifiers in nominal groups.
This document describes the social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features of descriptive text. Descriptive text aims to describe a person, place, or thing. It identifies the phenomenon and then describes its parts, qualities, and characteristics. Descriptive text uses linking verbs, epithets, attributives, and focuses on specific participants through simple present tense and frequent use of epithets and classifiers in nominal groups.
This document describes the social function, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical features of descriptive text. Descriptive text aims to describe a person, place, or thing. It identifies the phenomenon and then describes its parts, qualities, and characteristics. Descriptive text uses linking verbs, epithets, attributives, and focuses on specific participants through simple present tense and frequent use of epithets and classifiers in nominal groups.
Sosial Function Generic structure Lexicogrammatical
Features To describe a particular - Identification Who?, what? person, place or thing. Identifies Linking verb phenomenon to be Epithet: adjective or described adjective phrase - Description: Attributive describes parts, Focus on specific qualities, participants characteristics Use of attributive and identifying process Frequent use of epithets and classifier in nominal groups Use of simple present