Matthiessen (1995: 51):
Generic Structure Potential [e.g. Hasan (1978)] is designed to show what repertoire of text structures is available within a particular situation type; a given generic potential is specific to the register associated with that situation type. … Generic structures belong within context; they are realisations of options within field, tenor, and mode within some situation type. … See Figure 1-20.
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To be clear, for Hasan, generic structures are text structures — and so semantic, not contextual — that vary according to the genre (i.e. 'text type') that realises a situation type. Hasan (1989/1985: 64):
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