Integrity, genre

According to Bhatia (1997), “[g]eneric integrity is the product of the conventional features of a specific generic construct ... [that] often constrain the use of linguistic resources (lexico-grammatical as well as discoursal), and are frequently invoked to arrive at a reasonable interpretation of the genre or even determine the choice of the genre to suit a particular context” (360-362).

Ansary and Babaii (2005) use and summarize Bhatia’s definition of “generic integrity,” simply stating that it is the genre’s “recognizable structural identity” (271).

 

Reference: 

[643] Bhatia, V. K. (1997).  The Power and Politics of Genre. World Englishes. 16, 359–371.

Example: 

Ansary and Babaii (2005) use Bhatia’s definition of “generic integrity” to analyze “distinctive rhetorical features of English newspaper editorials as an important public ‘Cinderella’ genre and propos[e] a generic prototypical pattern of text development for editorials” (271).

Other Notable Uses: 

[1150] Ansary, H., & Baba, ii E. (2005).  The Generic Integrity of Newspaper Editorials: A Systemic Functional Perspective. RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research. 36(3), 271-295.

[642] Bhatia, V. K. (1993).  Analysing Genre: Language Use in Professional Settings. (Candlin, C. N., Ed.).Applied Linguistics and Language Study.

 

Original Use: 

[642] Bhatia, V. K. (1993).  Analysing Genre: Language Use in Professional Settings. (Candlin, C. N., Ed.).Applied Linguistics and Language Study.

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