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===Interpersonal metafunction===
The interpersonal metafunction relates to a text's aspects of ''tenor'' or [[interactivity]].<ref>O’Halloran, K.A. (ed.) ''English grammar in context, Book 2: Getting inside English'' (2006), The Open University, p. 15.</ref> Like field, tenor comprises three component areas: the speaker/writer [[persona]], social distance, and relative social status.<ref>Coffin, C (ed.) ''English grammar in context, Book 3: Getting practical'' (2006), The Open University, p. 11</ref> Social distance and relative social status are applicable only to spoken texts, although a case has been made that these two factors can also apply to written text.<ref>O’Halloran, K.A. (ed.) ''English grammar in context, Book 2: Getting inside English'' (2006), The Open University, p. 22.</ref>

The speaker/writer persona concerns the stance, personalisation and standing of the speaker or writer. This involves looking at whether the writer or speaker has a neutral [[attitude (psychology)|attitude]], which can be seen through the use of positive or negative language. Social distance means how close the speakers are, e.g. how the use of [[nicknames]] shows the degree to which they are intimate. Relative social status asks whether they are equal in terms of power and knowledge on a subject, for example, the relationship between a mother and child would be considered unequal. Focuses here are on [[speech acts]] (e.g. whether one person tends to ask questions and the other speaker tends to answer), who chooses the topic, turn management, and how capable both speakers are of [[evaluation|evaluating]] the subject.<ref>Coffin, C (ed.) ''English grammar in context, Book 3: Getting practical'' (2006), The Open University, pp. 22–23</ref>