John p firth: London school Theory of Context of Situation A. The relevant features of the participants persons, personalities The verbal action of the participants (i The non-verbal action of the participants B. The relevant objects C. The effects of the verbal action Sociological axiom in language use Who speaks(or writes)what language(what language variety) to whom and when and to What endJohn P. Firth: London School Theory of Context of Situation A. The relevant features of the participants: persons, personalities (i) The verbal action of the participants (ii) The non-verbal action of the participants B. The relevant objects C. The effects of the verbal action Sociological axiom in language use: “Who speaks (or writes) what language (what language variety) to whom and when and to what end