"Discourse features"?

[kiddoes]

On a VATE practise exam from 2012, there was a question going;
"Explain how at least two discourse features contribute to the register of the text. Provide evidence from two different subsystems to support your answer."

Aren't "discourse features" a subsystem all of their own? (cohesion/coherence, or conversational strategies for spoken, etc.) Is the question just asking for a generic answer about linguistic features that contribute to the register?

Thanks!

[zsteve]

prettyy sure that's anything. Turned up on VCAA 2013, and iirc the report had all sorts of stuff on it. You could talk about lexis and phonology I guess or something like that.

[lafifille]

Yeah, this issue came up during a practice run my school did. When it says 'discourse features' it just means 'features of the discourse' referring to any feature from any subsystem.

[kiddoes]

Thank you guys!