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for example, the relationship between a mother and child would be considered unequal. Focuses here are on speech acts (e.g. whether one person tends to ask questions and the other speaker tends to answer), who chooses the topic, turn management, and how capable both speakers are of evaluating the subject.

Textual metafunction

The textual metafunction relates to mode; the internal organisation and communicative nature of a text. This comprises textual interactivity,

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