Firth proposes context of situation, which is subdivided into [填空1] context and[填空2] context. The former includes the entire cultural setting of speech and the personal history of the participants The latter refers to the probability of one word’s co-occurrence or collocation with another.
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Halliday’s theory combines the [填空1] and [填空2] of language together, that is, how to use the former realize the latter in communication.
In general, there are three metafunctions of language and three corresponding systems of language:ideaitonal function, interpersonal function and textual function. The first is realized through the system of[填空1]; the second is realized through the system of[填空2]; and the last is realized through the system of [填空3].
There are three functional constituents in the system of transitivity:[填空1]), participant and circumstances .
There are four initiating speech functions--statement, offer, [填空1], command. Normally, a[填空2]is to make a statement; an [填空3] is to ask a question; and an[填空4]is to issue a command; and an offer may be realized by a declarative or an modulated interrogative.