Explorations in Specialized Genres
©2006
Edited Collection
324 Pages
Series:
Linguistic Insights, Volume 35
Summary
Genre analysis has become firmly established as one of the most popular frameworks for the study of specialized genres in academic, professional and institutional as well as other workplace contexts. In recent years, genre theory has also developed in the direction of a more comprehensive and powerful multidimensional and multi-perspectived framework to examine not only the text but also the context in a much more meaningful manner than had ever been done earlier.
The theoretical perspectives and the individual case studies of this volume testify to the wide range of methodological tools made available by genre theory, enabling researchers to handle problems relating to the description of variations in language use. Moreover, the following relevant issues are addressed: how are specialized genres constructed, interpreted and exploited in the achievement of specific goals in highly specialized contexts?
The theoretical perspectives and the individual case studies of this volume testify to the wide range of methodological tools made available by genre theory, enabling researchers to handle problems relating to the description of variations in language use. Moreover, the following relevant issues are addressed: how are specialized genres constructed, interpreted and exploited in the achievement of specific goals in highly specialized contexts?
Details
- Pages
- 324
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783035102703
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039109951
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-0351-0270-3
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2011 (September)
- Keywords
- Textsorte Kontext Aufsatzsammlung Genre theory Academic discourse Business discourse Genre analysis Scientific discourse
- Published
- Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2006. 324 pp.
