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c. Key Key connotes the atmosphere of a speech event, which can be realized by
verbal and non-verbal cues, or possibly by combinations of these Coulthard, 1985, pp. 48-49. In the different term, Halliday and Hasan 1983, pp. 38-39
explains that key or a tone in which a communicative act is done refers to the mood feeling, condition, and attitude of the communicator in conversation. Key
affects and produces the meaning of massage. d. Purpose
Purpose refers to the final outcome of a lesson, or ‘speech event’, which is achieved through the completion of smaller individual goals, termed ‘speech acts’
Brazil, 1995, p. 120; Gumperz Hymes, 1972, p. 61. e. Setting
Setting is defined as ‘the time and place of a speech event and, in general, to the phys
ical circumstances’ Gumperz Hymes, 1972a, p. 60. f. Channel
Hymes 1972a, p. 63 defines channel as the ‘choice of oral, written,
telegraphic, semaphore, or other medium of transmission of speech’.
g. Message form Message form relates to the notions of negative and positive face and the
utilization of negative and positive politeness strategies to preserve ‘the public
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self-image that every member wants to claim for himself or herself Brown Levinson, 1987, p. 61.