The Resources For Identifying People

Martin & Rose (2007: 161):

Let’s sum up the resources we’ve seen for identifying people, and add a few more in Table 5.3. 

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To be clear, from the perspective of SFL Theory:

1. 'Presenting' reference is not reference, but non-specific deixis, which, by definition, does not present a recoverable identity. The identities said to be presented are the participants realised by the nominal groups in which the non-specific determiner functions. That is, this is reference in the sense of ideational denotation.
2. 'Presuming' reference is a mixture of demonstrative reference (the, this, that), cohesive personal reference (she, he, it, they, them), non-cohesive personal reference (I, me, you, we, us), and reference in the sense of ideational denotation (Helena).
3. 'Possessive' reference is a mixture of cohesive personal reference (his), non-cohesive personal reference (my), and reference in the sense of ideational denotation (Helena's).