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1. Registers, genres, and styles: fundamental varieties of language;Part I. Analytical Framework: 2. Describing the situational characteristicsof registers and genres; 3. Analysing linguistic features and theirfunctions; Part II. Detailed Descriptions of Register, Genre and Style: 4.Interpersonal spoken registers; 5. Written registers, genres and styles; 6.Historical evolution of registers, genres and styles; 7. Registers and genresin electronic communication; Part III. Larger Theoretical Issues: 8.Multidimensional patterns of register variation; 9. Register studies incontext; Appendix A: Annotation of major register/genre studies; Appendix B:Activity texts; References.