Problems With The Summary Of 'Rendering Options And Their Common Realisations'

Doran, Martin & Zappavigna (2025: 53-4):

To sum up this chapter, we can synthesise the options for rendering as in Table 2.2. In this table, we have included some common realisations for key options in rendering.

Table 2.2 – Rendering options and their common realisations

Reviewer Comments:

To be clear, Table 2.2 exemplifies a recurring problem in the chapter: the slippage between generalisation within language and abstraction above language. The rendering options actually constitute generalisations about the functions listed as common realisations, and on this basis, represent a proposed less delicate system of semantics. However, the authors mistake this scale of delicacy for a hierarchy of symbolic abstraction, and place these semantic options at the level of context, in their system of tenor: positioning.