DISCUSSION TEXT
- Social Function : To present (at least) two points of view about an issue
- Generic Structure :
- Issue
- Arguments for and againts
- Recommendation/conclution
- Significant Lexicogramatical Features/Language Feature :
- Focus on generic human and generic non human participant
- Use of thinking verb
- Use of comparative
- Use of material processes, example : has produced, have developed
- Use of relational processes, example : cause, could have
- Use of abstract noun
