Martin (1992: 533):
As Poynton (1985/9: 78) points out, affect differs from status and contact in that it is not manifested in all texts. It is much more likely to be realised in involved than uninvolved contact situations; and as far as status is concerned, it is more probable with equal than with unequal status — although it can of course be taken up at the discretion of participants in a dominance position.
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[1] Affect has become the tenor system of sociometric rôle in Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 33):
[2] The combinatorial probabilities of affect features with contact features are a matter for empirical research. Here the claim is merely asserted without supporting evidence.
The combination of charged affect and uninvolved contact is realised, for example, in 'Letters To The Editor' and, more recently, in the texts of internet flame wars between fundamentalist Christians and atheists. The spatio-temporal distance between interlocutors provided by some modes would seem to to be an important consideration.
[3] The combinatorial probabilities of affect features with status features are a matter for empirical research. Here the claim is merely asserted without supporting evidence.
[4] The system of affect describes a dimension of the interpersonal relation between interlocutors. To construe it as being under the control of a dominant interlocutor is misleading. Consider, for example, the situation of a charged relationship between a boss and the team of employees with justifiable grievances against him.
sociometric rôles (affect, either neutral or charged, positively or negatively)To be clear, either neutral or charged affect is realised in semantics.
[2] The combinatorial probabilities of affect features with contact features are a matter for empirical research. Here the claim is merely asserted without supporting evidence.
The combination of charged affect and uninvolved contact is realised, for example, in 'Letters To The Editor' and, more recently, in the texts of internet flame wars between fundamentalist Christians and atheists. The spatio-temporal distance between interlocutors provided by some modes would seem to to be an important consideration.
[3] The combinatorial probabilities of affect features with status features are a matter for empirical research. Here the claim is merely asserted without supporting evidence.
[4] The system of affect describes a dimension of the interpersonal relation between interlocutors. To construe it as being under the control of a dominant interlocutor is misleading. Consider, for example, the situation of a charged relationship between a boss and the team of employees with justifiable grievances against him.
