contains a brief informal description of what a participant in a language interaction is doing other than speaking, if anything. (primary channel) describes the medium or channel by which a text is delivered or experienced. For a written text, this might be print, manuscript, e-mail, etc.; for a spoken one, radio, telephone, face-to-face, etc. specifies the mode of this channel with respect to speech and writing. s (spoken) w (written) sw (spoken to be written) e.g. dictation ws (written to be spoken) e.g. a script m (mixed) x (unknown or inapplicable) describes the internal composition of a text or text sample, for example as fragmentary, complete, etc. specifies how the text was constituted. single a single complete text composite a text made by combining several smaller items, each individually complete frags (fragments) a text made by combining several smaller, not necessarily complete, items unknown composition unknown or unspecified describes the nature and extent of originality of this text. categorizes the derivation of the text. Sample values include: 1] original; 2] revision; 3] translation; 4] abridgment; 5] plagiarism; 6] traditional (domain of use) describes the most important social context in which the text was realized or for which it is intended, for example private vs. public, education, religion, etc. categorizes the domain of use. Sample values include: 1] art; 2] domestic; 3] religious; 4] business; 5] education; 6] govt (government); 7] public describes the extent to which the text may be regarded as imaginative or non-imaginative, that is, as describing a fictional or a non-fictional world. categorizes the factuality of the text. fiction the text is to be regarded as entirely imaginative fact the text is to be regarded as entirely informative or factual mixed the text contains a mixture of fact and fiction inapplicable the fiction/fact distinction is not regarded as helpful or appropriate to this text describes the extent, cardinality and nature of any interaction among those producing and experiencing the text, for example in the form of response or interjection, commentary, etc. specifies the degree of interaction between active and passive participants in the text. none no interaction of any kind, e.g. a monologue partial some degree of interaction, e.g. a monologue with set responses complete complete interaction, e.g. a face to face conversation inapplicable this parameter is inappropriate or inapplicable in this case specifies the number of active participants (or addressors) producing parts of the text. Suggested values include: 1] singular; 2] plural; 3] corporate; 4] unknown singular a single addressor plural many addressors corporate a corporate addressor unknown number of addressors unknown or unspecifiable specifies the number of passive participants (or addressees) to whom a text is directed or in whose presence it is created or performed. Suggested values include: 1] self; 2] single; 3] many; 4] group; 5] world self text is addressed to the originator e.g. a diary single text is addressed to one other person e.g. a personal letter many text is addressed to a countable number of others e.g. a conversation in which all participants are identified group text is addressed to an undefined but fixed number of participants e.g. a lecture world text is addressed to an undefined and indeterminately large number e.g. a published book contains a brief informal description of the kind of place concerned, for example: a room, a restaurant, a park bench, etc. (participation description) describes the identifiable speakers, voices, or other participants in a linguistic interaction. describes the extent to which a text may be regarded as prepared or spontaneous. a keyword characterizing the type of preparedness. Sample values include: 1] none; 2] scripted; 3] formulaic; 4] revised characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the text. specifies a particular kind of purpose. Suggested values include: 1] persuade; 2] express; 3] inform; 4] entertain persuade didactic, advertising, propaganda, etc. express self expression, confessional, etc. inform convey information, educate, etc. entertain amuse, entertain, etc. specifies the extent to which this purpose predominates. describes one particular setting in which a language interaction takes place. (setting description) describes the setting or settings within which a language interaction takes place, either as a prose description or as a series of setting elements. (text description) provides a description of a text in terms of its situational parameters.