Situational Context and Functions of Tarikh e Sistan Based on Halliday Theory

Tarikh e Sistan is a text from the middle of the fifth century which has been written by Morsal in terms of writing style and by an unknown author. Halliday considers the text to have trans-elemental elements, contextual context, and context, and to include empirical meanings, actors of discourse, and discourse, and to believe that the text should have a beginning, middle, end, or context. He has considered the language of the seven functions and maps: interactive, imaginative, instrumental, exploratory, supervisory, informational (declarative) and emotional. The main purpose of this study is to determine the ability of this theory to analyze the Tarikh e Sistan and to show the trans-role factors and functions of this text.

This descriptive-analytical study is a map-based reading of the history of Sistan based on Halliday's theory. Findings show that the ritual-religious discourse of the author of Tarikh e Sistan; Mythical and surrealist actors of the text; And the method of discourse based on linking history and myth, which have been processed with the wonderful adaptations of Iranian and Semitic culture (Kiomars = Adam AS), which are based on the idea of social equality and populism; They create the situational context and unwritten parts of this text.

This report text has a situational and contextual context and in its functions, imaginative and emotional function can be seen in expressing Sistan's wonders and its value, but the information maps (descriptions) and persuasive language have respectively. They are the most visible and the interactive function (conversations) has the least appearance compared to other functions and maps of language.