External context of use: descriptive categories

1. Domain Locations Institutions Persons Objects Events Operations Texts
Personal
Home: house, rooms, The family (Grand)Parents, Furnishing and furniture Family Living routines: Teletext
garden Social networks offspring, siblings, Clothing occasions dressing, undressing Guarantees
own aunts, uncles, cousins, Household equipment Encounters cooking, eating, Recipes
of family of friends of in-laws, spouses, Toys, tools, personal Incidents, washing Instructional material
strangers intimates, friends, hygiene accidents DIY, gardening Novels, magazines
Own space in hostel, acquaintances Objets d’art, books, Natural Reading, radio and TV Newspapers
hotel Wild/domestic animals, phenomena Entertaining Junk mail
The countryside, pets Parties, visits Hobbies Brochures
seaside Trees, plants, lawn, ponds Walking, cycling Games and sports Personal letters
Household goods motoring Broadcast and recorded
Handbags Holidays, spoken texts
Leisure/sports equipment excursions
Sports events
Public
Public spaces: Public authorities Members of the public Leisure/sports equipment Incidents Buying and obtaining Public announcements
street, square, park Political bodies Officials Forms Accidents, public services and notices
Public transport The law Shop personnel Goods illnesses Using medical services Labels and packaging
Shops Public health Police, army, security Weapons Public meetings Journeys by road/ Leaflets, graffiti
(super)markets Services clubs Drivers, conductors Rucksacks Law-suits, court rails/ship/air Tickets, timetables
Hospitals, surgeries, Societies Passengers Cases, grips trials Public entertainment Notices, regulations
clinics Political parties Players, fans, Balls Rag-days, fines, and leisure activities Programmes
Sports stadia, fields, Denominations spectators Programmes arrests Religious services Contracts
halls Actors, audiences Meals, drinks, snacks Matches, Menus
Theatre, cinema, Waiters, barpersons Passports, licences contests Sacred texts,
entertainment Receptionists Performances sermons, hymns
Restaurant, pub, Priests, congregation Weddings,
hotel funerals
Places of worship
Occupational
Offices Firms Employers/ees Business machinery Meetings Business admin. Business letter
Factories Multinational Managers Industrial machinery Interviews Industrial management Report memorandum
Workshops corporations Colleagues Industrial and craft tools Receptions Production operations Life and safety notices
Ports, railways Nationalised Subordinates Conferences Office procedures Instructional manuals
Farms industries Workmates Trade fairs Trucking Regulations
Airports Trade unions Clients Consultations Sales operations Advertising material
Stores, shops Customers Seasonal sales Selling, marketing Labelling and
Service industries Receptionists, Industrial Computer operation packaging

2. Hotels secretaries accidents Office maintenance Job description
Civil Service Cleaners Industrial Sign posting
disputes Visiting cards
Educational
Schools: hall School Class teachers Writing material Return to Assembly Authentic texts (as
classrooms, College Teaching staff School uniforms school / entry Lessons above)
playground, University Caretakers Games equipment Breaking up Games Textbooks, readers
Sports fields, Learned societies Assistant staff and clothing Visits and Playtime Reference books
corridors Professional Parents Food exchanges Clubs and societies Blackboard text
Colleges Institutions Classmates Audio-visual equipment Parents’ days / Lectures, essay writing OP text
Universities Adult education Professors, lecturers Blackboard & chalk evenings Laboratory work Computer screen text
Lecture theatres bodies (Fellow) students Computers Sports days, Library work Videotext
Seminar rooms Library and laboratory Briefcases and school matches Seminars and tutorials Exercise materials
Student Union staff bags Disciplinary Homework Journal articles
Halls of residence Refectory staff, problems Debates and Abstracts
Laboratories cleaners discussions Dictionaries
Canteen Porters, secretaries