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Title: Function vs Social Purpose
Post by: eorford on April 17, 2020, 04:32:14 pm

hey,
so i'm currently annotating a piece, which is a travel brochure.
I have the function as trying to sell the readers their services, or to inform them of their services.
now i've confused myself as i'm not sure, what I would write as the social purpose...
any and all help would be amazing, got to annotate and write my analysis by monday :)

Title: Re: Function vs Social Purpose
Post by: lm21074 on April 17, 2020, 07:27:36 pm

Hey eoford,

Welcome to AN! :)

Social purpose refers to the underlying goals of a particular discourse within its situational and cultural contexts. To put it simply, social purpose is what the author is trying to do socially.

The study design states the following common social purposes:
(https://i.imgur.com/UZzqRsZ.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/dFFbXbT.png)

Hope this helps!