LEXICOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES SAMPLES SOCIAL FUNCTIONS GENERIC STRUCTURES

GENRE 3 NARRATIVE TEXTS

A. SOCIAL FUNCTION

The social function of the narrative texts is to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

B. GENERIC STRUCTURE

 Orientation: set the scene and introduce participants  Evaluation: a sleeping back to evaluate the plight  Complication: a series of events in which the main character attempts to solve problem  Resolution: the crisis is resolved for better or for worse  Re-orientation: optional.

C. LEXICOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES

 Focus on specific and usually individualized participants  Use of all kinds of processes material, behavioral, verbal, relational, mental processes  Use of temporal conjunctions  Use of past tense

D. SAMPLES

Generic Structure SNOW WHITE Lexicogrammatical Features Orientation Once upon time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. Past tense lived, wanted, ran … Temporal conjunctions then, the next morning. … Human participants Snow White, Uncle, Aunt … Material, relational, verbal, behavioral processes. Major Complication One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn‟t have enough money to take Snow White. Resolution Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran into the woods. Complication She was very tired and hungry. Resolution Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. Complication Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then, Snow White wake up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs asked, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White”. Major Resolution Doc said, “If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White said, “Oh, could I?. Thank you”. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after GENRE 4 - RECOUNT TEXTS

A. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

The social function of the recount texts is to retell events for the purposes of informing or entertaining

B. GENERIC STRUCTURES

 Orientation: provide the setting and introduce participants  Events 1 – n: tell what happened in what sequences  Re-orientation: optional closure of events

C. LEXICOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES