Martin (1992: 523):
Within register, it [tenor] is the projection of interpersonal meaning, and so is realised primarily through the interpersonal metafunction in language.
Blogger Comments:
[1] In SFL theory, tenor is the interpersonal dimension of context, not register. The confusion is thus along two theoretical dimensions simultaneously: stratification (context vs language) and instantiation (potential vs instance type).
[2] More accurately, tenor is the theoretical application of the interpersonal metafunction to context.
[2] More accurately, tenor is the theoretical application of the interpersonal metafunction to context.
