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register by turn, I begin by discussing Halliday’s proposition. I then proceed, using the metaphor of cartography, to examine
register variation via the intersection of three semiotic dimensions: stratification, instantiation and metafunction. I discuss
how such examinations enable us to create description maps of register variation. From this basis, I discuss a long-term programme
of systematically producing descriptive maps of registers, which I and colleagues have begun. Finally, I suggest that by using
such maps we can better understand such important phenomena as aggregates of registers and personal register repertoires.
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