The Translator as Communicator

hijacking:
see 
dynamic
hypotactic:
see 
paratactic
ideational meaning:
see 
metafunctions
ideology:
a body of assumptions which
reflects the beliefs and
interests of an individual, a
group of individuals, a
societal institution, etc., and
which ultimately finds
expression in language. For
example, the headline 
Girl 7
killed while mum was
drinking in pub
relays a
particular ideological stance
towards men and women
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which the newspaper in
question adopts and
propagates (see 
>
discourse).
illocutionary act:
using the sentence to
perform a function which
fulfils the 
force
of an
utterance. A 
representative
act, for example, seeks to
represent a state of affairs
(stating, insisting); a
verdictive
evaluates and
relays judgement (assessing,
estimating); an 
expressive
gives expression to the
speaker’s mental or
emotional attitude
(deploring, admiring); a
directive
seeks to influence
text receivers’ behaviour
(ordering, requesting).
implicature:
see 
the cooperative
principle
imposition:
see 
politeness
informativity:
the degree of
unexpectedness which an
item or an utterance displays
in some context. See 
>
deviation from the norm.
instruction:
a text type in which the focus
is on the formation of future
behaviour, either ‘with
option’ as in advertising or
‘without option’ as in legal
instruction (e.g. treaties,
resolutions, contracts, etc.).