Pedagogic register analysis: mapping choices in teaching and learning

Functional Linguistics

Table 9 Manual skills: digging for honey ants

			Role	Sourcing	Source	Interact	Act
1	What’s this?	L	K2	Locate	Thing	Invite	Evaluation
	[points to tiny hole]			point	Thing
	No that’s no good.	T	K1	Locate	Thing	Negate	Perception
2	Throw more soil over here.	T	A2	Locate	Place	Direct	Activity
	[points to other side of excavation]			Point	Place
	This?	L	cl	Locate	Thing	Iinvite	Evaluation
	[pointing]			Point	Place
	Yes exactly, that hole there.	T	rcl	Locate	Thing, Place	Approve	Perception
	[starts to dig]	L	A1
	No, that’s become no good.	T	K1	Locate	Thing	Negate	Activity
3	Look, this is good.	T	K1	Locate	Thing	Insist	Perception
	[pointing to other side]			Point	Place
	Look, it’s over yonder.		K1f	Locate	Place	Iinsist	Perception
	[pointing]				Place
4	Dig away on the other side.	T	A2	Locate	Place	Direct	Activity
	This?	L	cl	Locate	Thing	Invite	Evaluation
	[pointing]			Point	Place
	Yes, that’s it!	T	rcl	Locate	Thing	Approve	Perception
	Try that there.	T	A2	Locate	Thing, Place	Direct	Activity
	[starts to dig]	L	A1
	That’s it!	T	A1f	Locate	Thing	Approve	Activity
	Aha!	L	A2f			Display	Perception