| <purpose> | characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the
text. |
| Attributes: | | type
| specifies a particular kind of purpose.
| | Datatype: CDATA
| | Legal values: | | persuade | didactic, advertising, propaganda, etc.
| | express | self expression, confessional, etc.
| | inform | convey information, educate, etc.
| | entertain | amuse, entertain, etc.
|
| | Default: #IMPLIED | | degree
| specifies the extent to which this purpose predominates.
| | Datatype: (high | medium | low | unknown)
| | Legal values: | | high | this purpose is predominant
| | medium | this purpose is intermediate
| | low | this purpose is weak
| | unknown | extent unknown
|
| | Default: #IMPLIED |
|
| Example |
<purpose type=persuade degree=high>
<purpose type=entertain degree=low>
|
| Note | |
| Tagset | auxiliary tag set for corpora and
collections |
| Class | |
| Filename | teicorp2 |
| Content: | Usually empty, unless some further clarification of the type
attribute is needed, in which case it may contain running prose |
| Parents | textDesc |
| Children | #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage
date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw
geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num
oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg
restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange
timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT purpose - O (%phrase.seq) >
<!ATTLIST purpose %a.global
type CDATA #IMPLIED
degree (high | medium | low | unknown)
#IMPLIED > |
| See | 23.2.1 |