TY - JOUR T1 - The Verse-novel: A New Genre JF - Children's LIterature in Education Y1 - 2005 A1 - Alexander, Joy KW - children's fiction KW - evolution KW - literature KW - new genre KW - origin AB - This article examines the verse-novel, a genre that has gained someprominence in childrens fiction in the last ten years. Reasons why this may be so are suggested and the chief evolving characteristics of the genre in both content and style are discussed. Notable examples of the verse-novel from Australia, the USA and the UK are analysed. Criteria are proposed by which the form can be evaluated. It appears to be a genre whose time has come. VL - 36 SP - 269–283 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre JF - Cinema Journal Y1 - 1984 A1 - Altman, Rick KW - evolution KW - film KW - genre KW - history KW - Hollywood KW - interpretive community KW - semiotics VL - 23 SP - 6–18 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Film/Genre Y1 - 1999 A1 - Altman, Rick KW - Aristotle KW - evolution KW - film KW - genre KW - literature KW - mixed KW - pragmatic KW - process KW - semantic KW - stability KW - syntactic KW - Todorov PB - British Film Institute CY - London SN - 0-85170-717-3 N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Toward a Unified Social Theory of Genre Learning JF - Journal of Business & Technical Communication Y1 - 2008 A1 - Artemeva, Natasha KW - activity theory KW - engineering communication KW - genre KW - situated learning AB - This article discusses the development of a unified social theory of genrelearning based on the integration of rhetorical genre studies, activity theory, and the situated learning perspective. The article proposes that these three theoretical perspectives are compatible and complementary, and it illustrates applications of a unified framework to a study of genre learning by novice engineers. The author draws examples from a longitudinal qualitative study of a group of novice engineers who developed their professional genre knowledge through both academic and workplace experiences. These examples illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework for the study of professional genre learning. VL - 22 SP - 160–185 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Awareness Versus Production: Probing Students' Antecedent Genre Knowledge JF - Journal of Business & Technical Communication Y1 - 2010 A1 - Artemeva, Natasha A1 - Fox, Janna KW - antecedent genre KW - engineering communication KW - genre KW - genre competence KW - prior genre knowledge KW - rhetoric KW - targeted instruction AB - This article explores the role of students’ prior, or antecedent, genreknowledge in relation to their developing disciplinary genre competence by drawing on an illustrative example of an engineering genre-competence assessment. The initial outcomes of this diagnostic assessment suggest that students’ ability to successfully identify and characterize rhetorical and textual features of a genre does not guarantee their successful writing performance in the genre. Although previous active participation in genre production (writing) seems to have a defining influence on students’ ability to write in the genre, such participation appears to be a necessary but insufficient precondition for genre-competence development. The authors discuss the usefulness of probing student antecedent genre knowledge early in communication courses as a potential source for macrolevel curriculum decisions and microlevel pedagogical adjustments in course design, and they propose directions for future research. VL - 24 SP - 476–515 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 'Just the Boys Playing on Computers': An Activity Theory Analysis of Differences in the Cultures of Two Engineering Firms JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication Y1 - 2001 A1 - Artemeva, Natalia A1 - Freedman, Aviva KW - activity theory KW - engineering KW - genre VL - 15 SP - 164–194 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genre Identification and Communicative Purpose: A Problem and a Possible Solution JF - Applied Linguistics Y1 - 2001 A1 - Askehave, Inger A1 - Swales, John M. KW - exigence KW - genre KW - purpose VL - 22 SP - 195–212 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Evolutionary Nature of Genre: An Investigation of the Short Texts Accompanying Research Articles in the Scientific Journal Nature JF - English for Specific Purposes Y1 - 2008 A1 - Ayers, Gael KW - abstract KW - applied linguistics KW - evolution KW - genre KW - IMRAD KW - research article KW - science AB - The present empirical analysis of the short texts accompanying research articles in the scientificjournal Nature covering a period from 1991 to 2005, not only shows that these texts are significantly different from prescriptive models of abstracts, but that they have also recently undergone a further change. Up until 1996, in contrast to the traditionally viewed structure of abstracts (Introduction- Methods-Results-Conclusion/Discussion (IMRC/D)), the short texts in Nature vary considerably in structure with only 18% of those studied having the basic IMRC/D format and the Results being the only obligatory move. This manipulation of structure, accompanied by the predominant use of the Present and Present Perfect active, the use of modifiers, the apparent removal of hedging to strengthen claims all contribute to make these texts eye-catching, to advertise a paper’s contribution. With the introduction of the e-version of the journal in 1997, further changes occurred. Many promotional elements have been retained, and though the texts have become much more standardized in their structure, the Methods have been completely removed and the Results incorporated into the Conclusion which becomes the only obligatory move. This change in structure, combined with the inclusion of a greater amount of commentary, greater inclusion of information concerning the study’s effect of the field as a whole, and the inclusion of explicit definitions, shows an evident concern for the ‘‘general reader’’ and indicates a kind of ‘‘democratization’’ of the scientific community. Technological advancements in the field of science appear to have also contributed to these modifications coming about. VL - 27 SP - 22–41 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - ABST T1 - Writing Business: Genres, Media and Discourses Y1 - 1999 A1 - Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca A1 - Nickerson, Catherine KW - diccourse community KW - e-mail KW - email KW - engineering KW - fax KW - genre KW - intertextual KW - letter KW - sales JA - Language in Social Life PB - Pearson/Longman CY - Harlow, UK SN - 0-582-31985-4 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Genre: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy T2 - Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition Y1 - 2010 A1 - Bawarshi, Anis S. A1 - Reiff, Mary Jo ED - Bazerman, Charles KW - composition KW - ESP KW - genre KW - lingiustics KW - literature KW - rhetoric KW - sociology JA - Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition PB - Parlor Press CY - West Lafayette, IN SN - 254-8879 (this is the SAN; no ISBN listed) UR - http://wac.colostate.edu/books/bawarshi_reiff/ N1 - +also in PDF form at WAC Clearinghouse ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Modern Evolution of the Experimental Report in Physics: Spectroscopic Articles in Physical Review, 1893–1980 JF - Social Studies of Science Y1 - 1984 A1 - Bazerman, Charles KW - evolution KW - genre AB - Recent studies of scientific texts need to be set against the history of the genre,which in part establishes the institutional framework within which any individual text is created. The definition of the appropriate form of communication is part of how a discipline constitutes itself, and is part of the achievement of that discipline. This paper examines the changing features of spectroscopic articles in Physical Review since its founding. Analyses of article length, use of references, sentence length and syntax, vocabulary, graphic features, organization and argument indicate that articles become increasingly theory-based and knowledge-embedded through time. Self-consciousness about the theoretical character of argument also increases. The changing character of communication within a scientific community also has implications for the social structure of that community. VL - 14 SP - 163–196 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Reporting the Experiment: The Changing Account of Scientific Doings in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1665–1800 T2 - Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science Y1 - 1988 A1 - Bazerman, Charles KW - change KW - evolution KW - genre KW - science JA - Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science PB - University of Wisconsin Press CY - Madison, WI SP - 59–79 N1 - + b ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Systems of Genres and the Enactment of Social Intentions T2 - Genre and the New Rhetoric Y1 - 1994 A1 - Bazerman, Charles ED - Freedman, Aviva ED - Medway, Peter KW - Edison KW - genre KW - kairos KW - patents KW - speech act JA - Genre and the New Rhetoric PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London SP - 79–101 N1 - + b ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Ideology of Genre: A Comparative Study of Generic Instability Y1 - 1994 A1 - Beebee, Thomas O. KW - Althusser KW - ars dictaminis KW - Bakhtin KW - Derrida KW - evolution KW - genre KW - Jameson KW - literature KW - romance KW - speech act KW - Todorov KW - use-value KW - Western PB - Pennsylvania State University Press CY - University Park, PA SN - 0-271-02570-0 N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Concept of Genre and Its Characteristics JF - Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Y1 - 2001 A1 - Beghtol, Clare KW - expectation KW - genre KW - information systems KW - typology VL - 27 SP - http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-01/beghtol.html UR - http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-01/beghtol.html N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - CHAP T1 - News Value in Scientific Journal Articles T2 - Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication: Cognition/Culture/Power Y1 - 1995 A1 - Berkenkotter, Carol A1 - Huckin, Thomas N. KW - evolution KW - genre KW - news KW - reading KW - science JA - Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication: Cognition/Culture/Power PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates CY - Hillsdale, NJ SP - 27–44 N1 - + b ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Power and Politics of Genre JF - World Englishes Y1 - 1997 A1 - Bhatia, Vijay K. KW - apprentice KW - community KW - experience KW - genre KW - outsider KW - power VL - 16 SP - 359–371 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Rhetorical Situation JF - Philosophy and Rhetoric Y1 - 1968 A1 - Bitzer, Lloyd F. KW - audience KW - exigence KW - genre KW - situation VL - 1 SP - 1–14 N1 - + ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Functional Communication: A Situational Perspective T2 - Rhetoric in Transition: Studies in the Nature and Uses of Rhetoric Y1 - 1980 A1 - Bitzer, Lloyd F. ED - White, Eugene E. KW - evolution KW - exigence KW - genre KW - maturity KW - situation KW - time JA - Rhetoric in Transition: Studies in the Nature and Uses of Rhetoric PB - Pennsylvania State University Press CY - University Park, PA SP - 21–38 N1 - + b ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Rhetorical Criticism: A Study in Method Y1 - 1978 A1 - Black, Edwin KW - belief KW - conviction KW - criticism KW - emotion KW - exhortation KW - genre KW - judgment KW - krisis KW - logic KW - movement KW - neo-Aristotelianism KW - situation PB - University of Wisconsin Press CY - Madison, WI N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Explicitly Teaching Five Technical Genres to English First-Language Adults in a Multi-Major Technical Writing Course JF - Journal of Writing Research Y1 - 2014 A1 - Ryan K Boettger KW - explicit teaching KW - genre theory KW - quasi-experiment KW - technical communication KW - technical writing AB -
In this paper, I report the effects of explicitly teaching five technical genres to English first-language students enrolled in a multi-major technical writing course. Previous experimental research has demonstrated the efficacy of explicitly teaching academic writing to English first-language adults, but no comparable study on technical writing exists. I used a mixed-method approach to examine these effects, including a control-group quasi-experimental design and a qualitative analysis to more fully describe the 534 texts produced by 316 student writers. Results indicated the genre participants constructed texts demonstrating a significantly greater awareness to audience, purpose, structure, design, style, and editing than participants taught through more traditional approaches. Within the technical genres, participants demonstrated greater awareness to audience, purpose, and editing in the job materials text type than with correspondence or procedures text types.
VL - 6 SP - 29-59 UR - http://www.jowr.org/articles/vol6_1/JoWR_2014_vol6_nr1_Boettger.pdf CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Radicals of Presentation: Visibility, Relation, and Co-presence in Persistent Conversation JF - New Media & Society Y1 - 2003 A1 - Bregman, A. A1 - Haythornthwaite, C. KW - CMC KW - computer-mediated communication; computers and writing; KW - conversation KW - digital KW - distance education; genre; online community; persistent KW - electronic communication; information; technology; design; KW - genres; media AB - When members of an online, distributed learning community revealed that understanding local patterns of communication purpose and form was key to learning how to operate in this environment, we turned to writers on genre and persistent conversation for help in understanding the basis of this community. We derive from genre literature the idea that radicals, that is root characteristics, of presentation exist in computer-mediated environments and define important aspects of conversation via such media. We propose three radicals of presentation that revolve around speaker-audience relations and identify areas of concern for communicators engaging in persistent, online conversations: visibility, addressing, primarily speakers' concerns with the means; methods and opportunites for self-presentation; relation, addressing the speaker's concerns with the range and identity of the audience, and audience members' concerns about relations with each other; and co-presence, addressing concerns relating to the temporal, virtual, and/or physical co-presence of speaking and listening participants. VL - 5 SP - 117–140 UR -This paper reports a corpus investigation of the Methods sections of research-reporting articles in academic journals. In published pedagogic materials, Swales and Feak [Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. (1994). Academic writing for graduate students. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. (2000). English in today's research world. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.], while not offering a generic structure, discuss the tendencies for Methods sections reporting research in the social sciences to be slow (or extended), and those in the physical sciences, such as medicine and engineering, to be fast (or compressed) – the metaphors of speed or density relating to the degree of elaboration employed in describing and justifying the research design and process. The aim of this study is to examine the differences between fast and slow tendencies in Methods sections in terms of their internal, cognitive discourse organization. Two small corpora, each consisting of thirty Methods sections (one for each of the two groups of subjects), are analyzed in two ways. First the corpora are rater-analyzed for their use of the organizational features of a cognitive genre model for textual structures (see Bruce, I. J. (2005). Syllabus design for general EAP courses: a cognitive approach. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 4(3), 239–256.) and secondly by the use of corpus software for linguistic features that characterize the model. The findings of the study suggest that ‘fast’ Methods sections that report research in the physical sciences generally employ a means-focused discourse structure, and ‘slow’ Methods sections in social science reports tend to employ a combination of chronological and non-sequential descriptive structures. The study concludes that learner writers may benefit from access to the types of general, procedural knowledge that these discoursal structures employ.
VL - 7 SP - 38 - 54 SN - 1475-1585 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1475158507000689 CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - In Praise of Carbon, In Praise of Science: The Epideictic Rhetoric of the 1996 Nobel Lectures in Chemistry JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication Y1 - 2007 A1 - Casper, Christian F. KW - buckyball. Nobel KW - epideictic KW - genre KW - rhetoric of science KW - stasis AB - This article explores the nature of epideictic rhetoric in science through aclose textual analysis of three Nobel lectures. It examines the effects of the genre shift from original research reports to ceremonial speeches, revealing significant differences from Fahnestock’s analysis of the genre shift from forensic research reports to epideictic articles in the popular press, especially a move toward greater candidness about the research process. Epideictic scientific rhetoric, therefore, can be said to celebrate the scientific method in general as much as it does the particular line of research at hand. VL - 21 SP - 303–323 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Considering Genre in the Digital Literacy Classroom JF - Reading Online Y1 - 2001 A1 - Chandler-Olcott, Kelly A1 - Mahar, Donna KW - classroom KW - education KW - genre KW - literacy KW - shrine KW - webpage VL - 5 SP - http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/chandler/index.html UR - http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/chandler/index.html ER - TY - ABST T1 - Genre and Institutions: Social Processes in the Workplace and School Y1 - 1997 A1 - Christie, Frances A1 - Martin, J. R. KW - education KW - genre KW - teaching AB - Introduction / Frances Christie and J. R. Martin -- 1. Analysing genre: functional parameters / J. R. Martin -- 2. Science, technology and technical literacies / David Rose -- 3. The language of administration: organizing human activity in formal institutions / Rick Iedema -- 4. Death, disruption and the moral order: the narrative impulse in mass-'hard news' reporting / Peter White -- 5. Curriculum macrogenres as forms of initiation into a culture / Frances Christie -- 6. Learning how to mean - scientifically speaking: apprenticeship into scientific discourse in the secondary school / Robert Veel -- 7. Constructing and giving value to the past: an investigation into second school history / Caroline Coffin -- 8. Entertaining and instructing: exploring experience through story / Joan Rothery and Maree Stenglin. PB - Cassell CY - London ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Evolution of Genre in Wikipedia JF - Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics Y1 - 2009 A1 - Clark, Malcolm A1 - Ruthven, Ian A1 - Holt, Patrik O'Brian KW - digital KW - evolution KW - genre KW - information science KW - wikipedia AB -This paper presents an overview of the ways in which genres, or structuralforms, develop in a community of practice, in this case, Wikipedia. Firstly, we collected data by performing a small search task in the Wikipedia search engine (powered by Lucene) to locate articles related to global car manufacturers, for example, British Leyland, Ferrari and General Motors. We also searched for typical biographical articles about notable people, such as Spike Milligan, Alex Ferguson, Nelson Mandela and Karl Marx. An examination of the data thus obtained revealed that these articles have particular forms and that some genres connect to each other and evolve, merge and overlap. We then looked at the ways in which the purpose and form of a biographical article have evolved over six years within this community. We concluded the work with a discussion on the usefulness of Wikipedia as a vehicle for such genre investigations. This small analysis has allowed us to start generating a number of detailed research questions as to how forms may act as descriptors of genre and to discuss plans for experimental work aimed at answering these questions.
VL - 24 SP - 1–22 N1 - + pdf+ j pdf ER - TY - CONF T1 - Genre analysis of structured e-mails for corpus profiling T2 - Proceedings of the 2008 BCS-IRSG conference on Corpus Profiling Y1 - 2008 A1 - Clark, Malcolm A1 - Ruthven, Ian A1 - Holt, Patrik O'Brian KW - affordances constructivist KW - corpus KW - datsets KW - e-mail KW - ecological KW - eyetracking KW - genre KW - perception KW - profiling AB -This paper reports on our approach to the analysis of genre recognition using eyetracking. We focused on a collection of different types of email which could represent different datasets, such as, mailing lists for calls for papers, newsletters, etc. We found that genre analysis based on purpose, form and layout features is potentially effective for identifying the characteristics of these datasets and we have highlighted some of the new important features of genres. The results from a pilot study showed a clear effect, with an interaction between the email texts and the visual cues or features perceived and also the strategies employed for the processing of the texts. We found, in our small sample, that readers can determine the purpose and form of genres and that during this process some readers do skim the shape of the e-mails (form).
JA - Proceedings of the 2008 BCS-IRSG conference on Corpus Profiling PB - British Computer Society CY - Swinton, UK, UK UR - http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2227976.2227978 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Traveling Genres JF - New Literary History Y1 - 2003 A1 - Cohen, Margaret KW - emerging KW - international KW - maritime fiction KW - new genre KW - novel VL - 34 SP - 481–499 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Do Postmodern Genres Exist? JF - Genre Y1 - 1987 A1 - Cohen, Ralph KW - Barthes KW - biological metaphor KW - blurred genre KW - essay KW - family KW - Geertz KW - genre KW - genre system KW - intertextuality KW - Jameson KW - mixture VL - 20 SP - 241–257 N1 - + genre literature ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Introduction: Notes toward a Generic Reconstitution of Literary Study JF - New Literary History Y1 - 2003 A1 - Cohen, Ralph KW - aphorism KW - Bakhtin KW - change KW - embedded genre KW - folktale KW - genre KW - Jameson KW - literature KW - maritime fiction KW - McGann KW - mixture KW - novel KW - ode KW - oratorical genre KW - origin KW - painting KW - pastiche KW - policing VL - 34 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Chronotopic Approach to Genre Analysis: An Exploratory Study JF - English for Specific Purposes Y1 - 2007 A1 - Crossley, Scott KW - chronotope KW - ESP KW - genre KW - L1 KW - L2 KW - space KW - teaching KW - time AB - This paper will examine Bakhtin’s theory that a genre’s unity is defined by its chronotope [Bakhtin,M. M. (1981). Forms of time and of the chronotope in the novel. In M. Holquist (Ed.), The dialogic imagination: Four essays (pp. 84–258). Austin: University of Texas Press] and assume that, if this is true, the rhetorical unity within a specific genre could also be defined by its chronotope. Central to this theory will be the idea that the individual ‘moves’ [Swales, J. M. (1981). Aspects of article introduction. Birmingham, UK: University of Aston Language Studies Unit] within genres are defined by their use of time and space. In this way, the chronotope can be used as a device to analyze specific genres that are of interest to ESP composition, and can then be used as an instructional tool for the teaching of these particular genres to students within the ESP community. A corpus of L1 and L2 cover letters will be reviewed and linguistic markers of time and space will be compared to establish chronotopic move markers and chronotopic generic differences. The research summarized will consider what the pedagogical and semantic implications of these generic differences might be. VL - 26 SP - 4–24 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Lyric Essay JF - The Seneca Review Y1 - 0 A1 - John D'Agata A1 - Deborah Tall KW - creative nonfiction KW - creative writing KW - essay PB - Seneca Review UR - http://www.hws.edu/academics/senecareview/lyricessay.aspx ER - TY - Generic T1 - The Seneca Review Special Issue on the Lyric Essay Y1 - 2007 A1 - John D'Agata KW - creative nonfiction KW - creative writing KW - essay ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Performing tribal rituals: A genre analysis of 'crits' in design studios JF - Communication Education Y1 - 2005 A1 - Dannels, Deanna P. KW - communication across the curriculum KW - communication in the disciplines KW - design KW - ethnography KW - oral genre VL - 54 SP - 136–160 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluating Environmental Impact Statements as Communicative Action JF - Journal of Technical and Business Communication Y1 - 2002 A1 - Dayton, David KW - democratic decision making KW - EIS KW - environmental impact KW - genre KW - Habermas KW - Killingsworth KW - Miller VL - 16 SP - 355–405 N1 - + j ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities JF - College English Y1 - 2003 A1 - Devitt, Amy J A1 - Bawarshi, Anis A1 - Reiff, Mary Jo KW - classroom KW - ethnography KW - ethnomethodology KW - jury instructions KW - materiality KW - medical records VL - 65 SP - 541–558 N1 - + j ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genres and the Web: Is the Personal Home Page the First Uniquely Digital Genre? JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science Y1 - 2000 A1 - Dillon, A. A1 - Gushrowski, B. A. KW - digital KW - evolution KW - genre KW - home page AB - Genre conventions emerge across discourse communities over time to support the communication of ideas and information in socially and cognitively compatible forms. Digital genres frequently borrow heavily from the paper world even though the media optimally support different forms, structures, and interactions. This research sought to determine the existence and form of a truly digital genre. Results from a survey of user perceptions of the form and content of web home pages reveal a significant correlation between commonly found elements of home pages and user preferences and expectations of type. These data support the argument that the personal home page has rapidly evolved into a recognizable form with stable, user-preferred elements and thus may be considered the first truly digital genre. VL - 51 SP - 202–205 UR -This chapter reports on a study of multimodal engagement strategies used by instructors while performing chalk talk, the genre of university mathematics lecture. Relying on multimodal data, the study examines how university mathematics instructors engage students in chalk talk through gestures, writing on the chalkboard, and speech. One of the engagement strategies identified in the study is the use of gestural silence, or the absence of the instructor’s hand movement, intended to engage students in doing mathematics. The study indicates that such multimodal engagement strategies appear to be shaped by the embodied nature of discipline-specific genres.
JA - Engagement in professional genres: Disclosure and deference PB - John Benjamins CY - Amsterdam SP - 277-296 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Television Before Television Genre: The Case of Popular Music JF - Journal of Popular Film and Television Y1 - 2003 A1 - Forman, Murray KW - emerging KW - genre KW - new KW - origin KW - production KW - programming KW - standards KW - television AB - The author argues the valueof a historical approach to televi sion genre research and the need to reconsider lhe terms in which COntemporary genre theory addresses television in its nascent stage. Primary analytical emphasis is placed on emergent rechnical practices and industrial discourses that preceded the estab lishment of consistent or regu huly deployed television genre categories. By specifically analyzing early popular Illusic programmjng. the author seeks to illuminate the processes through which genre conventions were conceived and formalized in what was then, and remains. an essen tial facet of television production. VL - 31 SP - 5–16 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Life and Death of Literary Forms JF - New Literary History Y1 - 1971 A1 - Fowler, Alastair KW - change KW - evolution KW - form KW - genre KW - Hirsch KW - history KW - literature KW - mode KW - variation VL - 2 SP - 199–206 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Kinds of Literature: An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes Y1 - 1982 A1 - Fowler, Alastair KW - emerge KW - family resemblance KW - genre KW - hierarchy KW - literary KW - modulation KW - repertoire KW - transformation PB - Harvard University Press CY - Cambridge, MA SN - 0-674-50355-4 N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Formation of Genres in the Renaissance and After JF - New Literary History Y1 - 2003 A1 - Fowler, Alastair KW - emergence KW - genre KW - literature KW - medium KW - metaphor KW - new form KW - print KW - Renaissance KW - subgenre KW - trope AB - Updating the concept of genres as associational complexes, this paper analyzes the key role in formation played by metaphors and other figures. These work to evoke the genre’s associational domain. The figures may be deployed by the writer even before the genre has become an explicit convention recognizable by name. Some such figures (like the reed of pastoral) are well known. But the paper shows that the main genres all have their characteristic tropes. VL - 34 SP - 185–200 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From diagnosis toward academic support: developing a disciplinary, ESP-based writing task and rubric to identify the needs of entering undergraduate engineering students. JF - ESP Today Y1 - 2017 A1 - J. Fox ED - N. Artemeva KW - academic literacies KW - diagnostic assessment KW - engineering writing KW - ESP KW - indigenous criteria KW - post-admission assessment AB -This paper reports on the central role of disciplinary (engineering) criteria in the development of an ESP-based diagnostic writing task and rubric, used to identify entering undergraduate engineering students in need of academic support. In this mixed methods study, Phase 1 investigated the usefulness of a generic writing task and analytic rubric used for the diagnosis. Phase 2, informed by the results of Phase 1, focused on the development of an engineering writing task. The outcomes of the two phases were merged to develop an engineering ESP-based writing task and rubric, informed by a) the collaboration of language/writing experts and engineering stakeholders, and b) criteria, indigenously drawn from the engineering community of practice. The study supports an academic literacies approach in diagnostic assessment (rather than a generic, one-size- fits-all, ‘academic literacy’ approach), and suggests that the demands of university study are best viewed as the practices of disciplinary communities of practice. The paper provides evidence of the increased meaningfulness and usefulness of a disciplinary, ESP- based approach in diagnosing need for academic support.
PB - Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, the main publisher, the Faculty of Philology, the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, and the Serbian Association for the Study of English (SASE) VL - 5 SP - 148-171 UR - https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/55216776/Janna_Fox___Natasha_Artemeva_full_text.pdf?1512565271=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3Dhttp_www_esptodayjournal_org_esp_today_c.pdf&Expires=1604242392&Signature=B-WFGgLKeQs4oEmCSjvPcjL9TVN2a CP - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Learning to Write Again: Discipline-Specific Writing at University JF - Carleton Papers in Applied Language Studies Y1 - 1987 A1 - Freedman, Aviva KW - classroom KW - discipline KW - ethnography KW - genre VL - 4 SP - 95–115 N1 - + genre ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Genre T2 - The New Critical Idiom Y1 - 2005 A1 - Frow, John ED - Drakakis, John KW - Aristotle KW - Bakhtin KW - evolution KW - genre KW - literary KW - Plato KW - pragmatics JA - The New Critical Idiom PB - Routledge CY - London SN - 0-415-28063-X N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - IText: Future Directions for Research on the Relationship between Information Technology and Writing JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication Y1 - 2001 A1 - Geisler, C. A1 - Bazerman, C. A1 - Doheny-Farina, S. A1 - Gurak, L. A1 - Haas, C. A1 - Johnson-Eilola, J. A1 - Kaufer, D. S. A1 - Lunsford, A. A1 - Miller, CR A1 - Winsor, D. A1 - Yates, J KW - ethos KW - world-wide-web; genre; communication; literacy; systems AB - Most people who use information technology (IT) every day use IT in text-centered interactions. In e-mail, we compose and read texts. On the Web, we read (and often compose) texts. And when we create and refer to the appointments and notes in our personal digital assistants, we use texts. Texts are deeply embedded in cultural, cognitive, and material arrangements that go back thousands of years. Information technologies with texts at their core are, by contrast, a relatively recent development. To participate with other information researchers in shaping the evolution of these ITexts, researchers and scholars must build on a knowledge base and articulate issues, a task undertaken in this article. The authors begin by reviewing the existing foundations for a research program in IText and then scope out issues for research over the next five to seven years. They direct particular attention to the evolving character of ITexts and to their impact on society. By undertaking this research, the authors urge the continuing evolution of technologies of text. VL - 15 SP - 269–308 UR -
Within the last two decades, a number of researchers have beeninterested in genre as a tool for developing Ll and L2 instruction. Both genre and genre-based pedagogy, however, have been conceived of in distinct ways by researchers in different scholarly traditions and in different parts of the world, making the genre literature a complicated body of scholarship to understand. The purpose of this article is to provide a map of current genre theories and teaching applications in three research areas where genre scholarship has taken significantly different paths: (a) English for specific purposes (ESP), (b) North American New Rhetoric studies, and (c) Australian systemic functional linguistics. The article compares definitions and analyses of genres within these three traditions and examines their contexts, goals, and instructional frameworks for genre-based pedagogy. The investigation reveals that ESP and Australian genre research provides ESL instructors with insights into the linguistic features of written texts as well as useful guidelines for presenting these features in classrooms. New Rhetoric scholarship, on the other hand, offers language teachers fuller perspectives on the institutional contexts around academic and professional genres and the functions genres serve within these settings.
VL - 30 SP - 693–722 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Temporal Coordination through Communication: Using Genres in a Virtual Start-up Organization JF - Information, Technology & People Y1 - 2005 A1 - Im, Hyun-Gyung A1 - Yates, JoAnne A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda KW - email KW - genre KW - virtual organization VL - 18 SP - 89–119 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rhetorical Hybrids: Fusions of Generic Elements JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech Y1 - 1982 A1 - Jamieson, Kathleen Hall A1 - Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs KW - eulogy KW - genre KW - hybrid KW - political discourse VL - 69 SP - 146–157 N1 - + j+ pdf rhet ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Emergence of Poetic Genre Theory in the Sixteenth Century JF - Modern Language Quarterly: A Journal of Literary History Y1 - 1998 A1 - Javitch, Daniel KW - 1500-1599 KW - criticism KW - evolution KW - Italian literature KW - of poetry KW - on genre theory KW - Peri poietikes KW - Poetics KW - relationship to classicism KW - Renaissance KW - sources in Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) VL - 59 SP - 139-169 SN - 0026-79291527-1943 (electronic) N1 - Accession Number: 1998066037. Peer Reviewed: Yes. Publication Type: journal article. Language: English. Update Code: 199801. Sequence No: 1998-2-10999.+ pdf ER - TY - ABST T1 - Genre in the Classroom: Multiple Perspectives Y1 - 2002 A1 - Johns, Ann M. KW - Berkenkotter KW - Bhatia KW - EAP KW - ESL KW - ESP KW - Hyon KW - linguistics KW - Martin KW - new rhetoric KW - Swales KW - Sydney school PB - Lawrence Erlbaum CY - Mahway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Genre and ESL/EFL Composition Instruction T2 - Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing Y1 - 2003 A1 - Ann M. Johns ED - Barbara Kroll KW - composition KW - EFL KW - ESL KW - teaching KW - writing JA - Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing PB - Cambridge UP CY - Cambridge SP - 195-217 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Email Forwardables: Folklore in the Age of the Internet JF - New Media & Society Y1 - 2005 A1 - Kibby, Marjorie D. KW - CMC KW - email KW - folklore KW - genre AB - Email communication fosters an environment wheremessages have an inherent ‘truth value’ while at the same time senders have reduced inhibitions about the types of messages sent. When this is combined with a convenience and ease of communication and an ability to contact huge numbers of people simultaneously, email becomes a rapid and effective distribution mechanism for gossip, rumour and urban legends. Email has enabled not only the birth of new folklore, but also the revival of older stories with contemporary relevance and has facilitated their distribution on an unprecedented scale. VL - 7 SP - 770–790 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - CONF T1 - The Convergence of Real Space and Hyperspace: Preflections on Mobility, Localization, and Multimodality T2 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications Y1 - 2007 A1 - Liestøl, Gunnar KW - cartography KW - encyclopedia KW - invention KW - meaningware KW - rhetoric JA - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications PB - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education CY - Vancouver, CA SP - 1423–1429 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Curiouser and Curiouser: The Practice of Nonfiction Today JF - The Iowa Review Y1 - 2006 A1 - Phillip Lopate KW - creative nonfiction KW - creative writing KW - essay VL - 36 CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Emerging Personal Media Genres JF - New Media & Society Y1 - 2010 A1 - Lüders, Marika A1 - Prøitz, Lin A1 - Rasmussen, Terje KW - affordance KW - blog KW - camphone KW - camphone self-portrait KW - digital KW - emerging genre KW - genre KW - innovation KW - medium KW - online diary KW - personal media KW - self-portrait KW - social media KW - stability KW - text AB - In this article we argue that the concept of genre has a valuable function within sociological theory, particularly for understanding emerging communicative practices within social and personal media. Genres span the whole range of recognizable forms of communication, play a crucial role in overcoming contingency and facilitate communication. Their function is to enhance composing and understanding of communication by offering interpretative, recognizable and flexible frames of reference. As such, genres generate a sense of stability in modern complex societies. Genres ought to be seen as an intermediary level between the levels of media and text, however influenced by both. They operate as interaction between two interdependent dimensions, conventions and expectations, both of which are afforded by media and specific texts. In this article these relationships are illustrated through two cases of emerging personal media genres: the online diary and the camphone self-portrait. VL - 12 SP - 947–963 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genre Analysis in Technical Communication JF - IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Y1 - 2005 A1 - Luzón, María José KW - community KW - engineering KW - genre KW - instruction KW - social KW - technical writing VL - 48 SP - 285–295 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Work of Genre: Labor, Identity, and Modern Capitalism in Wordsworth and Verga JF - PMLA Y1 - 2012 A1 - Joseph Luzzi KW - English literature; 1800-1899; Nineteenth Century; Wordsworth KW - Giovanni (1840-1922); I Malavoglia (1881); The House by the Medlar Tree; Italian literature; novel KW - William (1770-1850); VL - 127 SP - 925-31 CP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rhetoric and the Ethnographic Genre in Anthropological Research JF - Current Anthropology Y1 - 1980 A1 - Marcus, George E. KW - ethnography KW - genre KW - text construction VL - 21 SP - 507–510 N1 - + rh sci ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Rhetoric of Disaster: The Presidential Natural Disaster Address as an Emergent Genre JF - Relevant Rhetoric Y1 - 2011 A1 - McClure, Kevin KW - Campbell and Jamieson KW - crisis KW - emerging genre KW - presidential rhetoric VL - 2 UR - http://relevantrhetoric.com/ N1 - + pdf ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Blogging as Social Action: A Genre Analysis of the Weblog T2 - Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and the Culture of Weblogs Y1 - 2004 A1 - Miller, Carolyn R. A1 - Shepherd, Dawn ED - Gurak, Laura ED - Antonijevic, Smiljana ED - Johnson, Laurie ED - Ratliff, Clancy ED - Reymann, Jessica KW - blog KW - diary KW - digital KW - exhibitionism KW - genre KW - internet KW - log KW - voyeurism KW - weblog JA - Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and the Culture of Weblogs PB - University of Minnesota Libraries, http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogging_as_social_action.html CY - Minneapolis, MN UR - http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogging_as_social_action.html ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Questions for Genre Theory from the Blogosphere T2 - Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre Y1 - 2009 A1 - Miller, Carolyn R. A1 - Shepherd, Dawn ED - Giltrow, Janet ED - Stein, Dieter KW - aesthetic KW - blog KW - change KW - digital KW - exigence KW - genre KW - media KW - medium KW - rhetoric KW - stability AB -The blog illustrates well the constant change that characterizes electronic media. With a rapidity equal to that of their initial adoption, blogs became not a single genre but a multiplicity. To explore the relationship between the centrifugal forces of change and the centripetal tendencies of recurrence and typification, we extend our earlier study of personal blogs with a contrasting study of the kairos, technological affordances, rhetorical features, and exigence for what we call public affairs blogs. At the same time, we explore the relationship between genre and medium, examining genre evolution in the context of changing technological affordances. We conclude that genre and medium must be distinguished and that the aesthetic satisfactions of genre help account for recurrence in an environment of change.
JA - Genres in the Internet: Issues in the Theory of Genre PB - John Benjamins CY - Amsterdam SP - 263–290 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Discourse Genres T2 - Verbal Communication Y1 - 2016 A1 - Miller, Carolyn R. A1 - Kelly, Ashley R. ED - A. Rocci ED - L. de Saussure KW - exigence KW - formalism KW - genre awareness KW - genre system KW - macrostructure KW - move analysis KW - rhetoric KW - social action KW - Text type KW - uptake KW - utterance AB -Genre marks large-scale repeated patterns of meaning in human symbolic production and interaction. Approaches to genre can be divided into the formalistthematic, attending to categories and discriminations based on linguistic or textual elements and drawing from cognitive theories; and the pragmatic, attending primarily to use-patterns drawing from social theories of function, action, and communal interaction. This overview draws from disciplines explicitly concerned with natural language, including literature, rhetoric, and several areas of linguistics. A distinction between rational and empirical approaches to genre affects both how genre is conceived and what methods are used for analysis. The rational approach grounds genre in a principle or theory determined by the theorist, yielding a relatively small, closed set of genres; the empirical grounds genre in the experience of those for whom genres are significant, yielding an historically changing, open set of genres. Genre analysis is applied in many discourse disciplines and for a variety of purposes, both descriptive and prescriptive.
JA - Verbal Communication T3 - Handbooks of Communication Science PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin SP - 269–286 SN - 9783110255478 UR - http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110255478/9783110255478-015/9783110255478-015.xml ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Letters, Postcards, Email: Technologies of Presence Y1 - 2010 A1 - Milne, Esther KW - email KW - genre KW - letter KW - postcard KW - presence KW - skeuomorph KW - technology PB - Routledge CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Cultural Approach to Television Genre Theory JF - Cinema Journal Y1 - 2001 A1 - Mittell, Jason KW - academics KW - Altman KW - audience KW - evolution KW - Feuer KW - Foucault KW - genre KW - industry KW - Neale KW - television KW - Todorov VL - 40 SP - 3–24 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 'Our Mission and Our Moment': George W. Bush and September 11th JF - Rhetoric & Public Affairs Y1 - 2003 A1 - Murphy, John M. KW - Aristotle KW - epideictic KW - genre KW - president AB - This essay explores the ways in which President George W. Bush explained theterrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Through his choice of genre, use of visual imagery, and creation of an American people, Bush crafted the authority to dominate public interpretation of those events and the appropriate response to them. VL - 6 SP - 607–632 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Questions of Genre JF - Screen Y1 - 1990 A1 - Neale, Steve KW - capital KW - commodity KW - evolution KW - film KW - genre KW - hybrid KW - institution KW - journalism KW - process KW - Todorov VL - 31 SP - 45–66 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Narrating the Self JF - Annual Reviews of Anthropology Y1 - 1996 A1 - Ochs, Elinor A1 - Capps, Lisa KW - collaboration KW - community KW - emotion KW - genre KW - narration KW - self VL - 25 SP - 19–43 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Shakespeare and the Kinds of Drama JF - Critical Inquiry Y1 - 1979 A1 - Orgel, Stephen KW - 1500-1599 KW - drama KW - English literature KW - genre conventions KW - relationship to Renaissance KW - Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) KW - treatment in criticism VL - 6 SP - 107-123 SN - 0093-18961539-7858 (electronic) N1 - Accession Number: 0000214049. Peer Reviewed: Yes. Publication Type: journal article. Language: English. Update Code: 000013. Sequence No: 0000-1-5510. DOI: 10.1086/448031. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genre Repertoire: The Structuring of Communicative Practices in Organizations JF - Administrative Science Quarterly Y1 - 1994 A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda J. A1 - Yates, JoAnne KW - community KW - e-mail KW - genre KW - organizational communication KW - repertoire VL - 39 SP - 541–574 N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Generative Classifications JF - Theory, Culture, & Society Y1 - 2006 A1 - Parisi, Luciana KW - antigeneaology KW - Darwin KW - Deleuze KW - essence KW - evolution KW - Linnaeus KW - microvariation KW - rhizone VL - 23 SP - 32–35 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 'Comedies for Commodities': Genre and Early Modern Dramatic Epistles JF - English Literary Renaissance Y1 - 2008 A1 - Pendergast, John KW - 1500-1699 KW - comic drama KW - commodification KW - drama KW - English literature KW - genre KW - genre conventions KW - patronage KW - relationship to epistle VL - 38 SP - 483-505 SN - 0013-83121475-6757 (electronic) N1 - Accession Number: 2008582073. Peer Reviewed: Yes. Publication Type: journal article. Language: English. Update Code: 200801. Sequence No: 2008-1-1744. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Article of the future: Strategies for genre stability and change JF - English for Specific Purposes Y1 - 2013 A1 - Carmen Pérez-Llantada KW - ESP pedagogy KW - genre analysis KW - genre and media KW - research articles KW - rhetoric and composition AB -This article compares the Article of the Future (AofF) prototypes (<http://www.articleofthefuture.com/>) with a corpus of journal articles (Journal Article Corpus – JAC) to demonstrate that the article genre in an online environment is a “stabilised-for-now or stabilised-enough” site for social interaction (Schryer, 1994, p. 108). Results show that the prototypes adhere to the typical structural patterns of the JAC texts, while also embedding discernible structural variations across the disciplinary spectrum. They display generic stability concerning authors’ use of intertextuality for framing their texts in a social/institutional context. Comparison of the AofF with the JAC texts also illustrates a similar lexicogrammatical profile. Consistent with previous literature, recurring bundles in the AofF prototypes are associated with structural elaboration, complexity and a compressed style, and perform referential, text-organising and stance functions in the discourse. Complementing corpus findings, an exploratory survey of authors suggests that their actual text-composing/reading practices of online articles are governed by the long-established communicative purposes of the genre. Findings suggest, though, that the new online part-genres (research highlights, graphical abstracts, interactive graphs, embedded videos, hyperlinks), potential strategies for generic change, might be changing the writers’ perceptions towards online articles. The article concludes with some practical implications for ESP practitioners.
PB - Elsevier CY - The Netherlands VL - 32 SP - 221-235 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889490613000422 CP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genres in the forefront, languages in the background: The scope of genre analysis in language-related scenarios JF - Journal of English for Academic Purposes Y1 - 2015 A1 - Carmen Pérez-Llantada KW - academic (multi)literacies KW - academic Englishes KW - communities of practice KW - EAP teaching KW - English as an International Language KW - rhetorical move analysis KW - task-based approach AB -Drawing on bibliometric methods (citation analysis and content analysis) and literature review, this paper offers some critical reflections of how genre analysis has been used, applied, expanded and refined to address the challenges of a culturally and linguistically diverse academic and research community. The first reflection opens with a brief review of the privileged status of English as the international language of academic and research communication to discuss contrasting scholarly positions that regard ‘Englishization’ as either ‘help’ or ‘hindrance’. The second reflection focuses on rhetorical move analysis, an aspect of genre theory that to date has been little considered outside ESP/EAP traditions of genre analysis. It discusses how move analysis, in cross-fertilization with various theoretical/analytical frameworks, can add to our understanding of the way L2 academic English writers accomplish meso- and micro-rhetorical manoeuvres. The final reflection touches upon the impact of internationalization and research assessment policies on the current knowledge exchange, dissemination and publication practices to emphasize the value of the Swalesian task-based approach and advocate a multiliterate rhetorical consciousness-raising pedagogy. The paper concludes with some suggestions for future genre research and proposes ways of articulating cogent language instructional intervention to empower members of bi-/multiliterate academic and research communities professionally.
PB - Elsevier CY - The Netherlands VL - 19 SP - 10-21 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1475158515300059 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - HOW IS THE DIGITAL MEDIUM SHAPING RESEARCH GENRES? SOME CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TRENDS JF - ESP Today, Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level Y1 - 2016 A1 - Carmen Pérez-Llantada KW - digital technologies KW - EAP tasks-based learning KW - genre innovation KW - genre systems KW - multimodality KW - research genres AB -There is little dispute that technologies are impacting academic communication today, rendering new forms of accessing information and disseminating knowledge. To explore this impact, in the first part of the paper I review a selection of scholarly literature that addresses ways in which digital technologies are shifting the scholars’ information access behavior and introducing new forms of research dissemination. I also discuss how these new forms of communication are modeling new ecologies of genre systems and genre sets. In the second part of the paper I conduct genre analysis with a sample corpus of texts from different disciplines to illustrate how the emergence of new multimedia genres and the use of multimodality, hypertextuality and interdiscursivity features in genres within electronic environments appear to be pointing at generic evolution and innovation. In light of the findings, I propose some areas in which genre research can engage in interdisciplinary conversation (with ethnography, academic/digital literacies studies, situated genre analysis and reception studies). Regarding EAP instruction, I suggest a pedagogy that provides corpus-based linguistic and rhetorical input on the new genre formats, opportunities for noticing, hands-on practice and critical awareness of aspects of genre innovation and change.
PB - University of Belgrade and the Serbian Association for the Study of English (SASE) CY - Serbia VL - 4 SP - 22-42 SN - e-ISSN:2334-9050 CP - 1 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Researching genres with multilingual corpora: A conceptual enquiry T2 - Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes: ESP Perspectives M. Gotti and D. Giannoni eds Y1 - 2014 A1 - Carmen Pérez-Llantada KW - academic writing KW - English for academic purposes KW - genre analysis KW - research genres AB -In the past decades, the EAP field has witnessed a growing interest in compiling multilingual corpora of various sizes. The aim has been to investigate how scholars whose first language is not English use English for academic and research communication. This flourishing field of investigation, cutting across a broad repertoire of genres, has been fuelled by the fact that the international academic and research arena has strongly favoured the role of English as the medium for communication (Lillis/Curry 2010; Mauranen 2012). However, this field of investigation has not yet become a matter of conceptual enquiry. To fill this gap, the aim of this chapter is (i) to critically review the main research trends used to analyse genres by means of multilingual corpora, (ii) to examine the reasons for the paucity of systematic contrastive analyses at the phraseological level for profiling L2 English academic texts and defining what an ‘expert’ academic L2 English user is, and (iii) to discuss the challenges that conducting large-scale empirical studies of academic English variants in the written domain would pose if codification of those variants were undertaken. Essentially, in what follows I critically assess relevant concepts in contrastive studies of EAP, address emerging methodological trends and reflect on a number of topics of current interest in relation to multilingual corpora. To do so I will draw on a combination of literature survey, bibliometric data and conceptual analysis, the purpose being two-fold. Firstly, it is of interest to the EAP scholarly community to determine how multilingual corpora can best help EAP researchers identify genre features across cultures and languages. Secondly, given its obvious practical implications, it is also of interest to show how EAP teachers can make research-informed decisions based on multilingual corpora with a view to catering to their students’ learning needs in the best possible way.
JA - Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes: ESP Perspectives M. Gotti and D. Giannoni eds PB - Peter Lang CY - Bern SP - 107-122 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Textual, genre and social features of spoken grammar: A corpus-based approach JF - Language learning and technology Y1 - 2009 A1 - Carmen Pérez-Llantada KW - discourse analysis KW - English (Second Language) KW - English for academic purposes KW - Grammar KW - Language Styles KW - Second Language Instruction KW - Teaching Methods AB -This paper describes a corpus-based approach to teaching and learning spoken grammar for English for Academic Purposes with reference to Bhatia's (2002) multi-perspective model for discourse analysis: a textual perspective, a genre perspective and a social perspective. From a textual perspective, corpus-informed instruction helps students identify grammar items through statistical frequencies, collocational patterns, context-sensitive meanings and discoursal uses of words. From a genre perspective, corpus observation provides students with exposure to recurrent lexico-grammatical patterns across different academic text types (genres). From a social perspective, corpus models can be used to raise learners' awareness of how speakers' different discourse roles, discourse privileges and power statuses are enacted in their grammar choices. The paper describes corpus-based instructional procedures, gives samples of learners' linguistic output, and provides comments on the students' response to this method of instruction. Data resulting from the assessment process and student production suggest that corpus-informed instruction grounded in Bhatia's multi-perspective model can constitute a pedagogical approach in order to i) obtain positive student responses from input and authentic samples of grammar use, ii) help students identify and understand the textual, genre and social aspects of grammar in real contexts of use, and therefore iii) help develop students' ability to use grammar accurately and appropriately.
PB - University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center CY - Hawaii VL - 13 SP - 40-58 SN - ISSN-1094-3501 UR - http://www.lltjournal.org/item/2653 CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Genre of the Mood Memoir and the Ethos of Psychiatric Disability JF - Rhetoric Society Quarterly Y1 - 2010 A1 - Pryal, Katie Rose Guest KW - apologia KW - disability KW - ethos KW - genre KW - memoir KW - narrative KW - slave narrative VL - 40 SP - 479–501 N1 - + j ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Tracing Discursive Resources: How Students Use Prior Genre Knowledge to Negotiate New Writing Contexts in First-Year Composition JF - Written Communication Y1 - 2011 A1 - Reiff, Mary Jo A1 - Bawarshi, Anis KW - explicit teaching KW - genre KW - knowledge transfer KW - metacognition KW - prior knowledge KW - writing instruction AB - While longitudinal research within the field of writing studies has contributedto our understanding of postsecondary students’ writing development, there has been less attention given to the discursive resources students bring with them into writing classrooms and how they make use of these resources in first-year composition courses. This article reports findings from a crossinstitutional research study that examines how students access and make use of prior genre knowledge when they encounter new writing tasks in first-year composition courses. Findings reveal a range of ways student make use of prior genre knowledge, with some students breaking down their genre knowledge into useful strategies and repurposing it, and with others maintaining known genres regardless of task. VL - 28 SP - 312–337 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Commentary: Why Opera? The Politics of an Emerging Genre JF - Journal of Interdisciplinary History Y1 - 2006 A1 - Romano, Dennis KW - emerging KW - genre KW - new KW - opera KW - politics KW - Venice VL - 36 SP - 401–409 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: The Creation of a Genre Y1 - 1991 A1 - Rosand, Ellen KW - create KW - emerging KW - genre KW - music KW - new KW - origin KW - source PB - University of California Press CY - Berkeley, CA UR - http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft3199n7sm;brand=ucpress ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Ars Dictaminis Perverted: The Personal Solicitation E-Mail as a Genre JF - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Y1 - 2009 A1 - Ross, Derek G. KW - appeal KW - email KW - genre KW - pathos KW - personal letter KW - phishing VL - 39 SP - 25–41 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Evolution of U.S. State Government Home Pages from 1997 to 2002 JF - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Y1 - 2003 A1 - Ryan, Terry A1 - Field, Richard H. G. A1 - Olfman, Lorne KW - evolution KW - genre KW - government KW - home page AB - We examined the home pages of the 50 US states over the years 1997–2002 to discover thedimensions underlying people’s perceptions of state government home pages, to observe how those dimensions have changed over the years, to identify different types of state home pages, and to see how these types have changed. We found that three primary dimensions explain the variation in perceptions of home pages. These are the layout of the page, its navigation support, and its information density. Over the years, variation in navigation support declined and variation in information density increased. We discovered that four types of state government home page have existed continuously from 1997 to 2001. These are the ‘Long List of Text Links’, the ‘Simple Rectangle’, the ‘Short L’, and the ‘High Density/Long L’. To this taxonomy, two other page types can be added: the ‘Portal’ page and the ‘Boxes’ page. The taxonomy we have identified allows for a better understanding of the design of US state home pages, and may generalize to other categories of home pages. VL - 59 SP - 403–430 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Techne or Artful Science and the Genre of Case Presentations in Healthcare Settings JF - Communication Monographs Y1 - 2005 A1 - Schryer, Catherine F. A1 - Lingard, Lorelei A1 - Spafford, Marlee M KW - art KW - education KW - genre KW - identity KW - medicine KW - phronesis KW - professional KW - science KW - techne VL - 72 SP - 234–260 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Evolution of Cybergenres Y1 - 1998 A1 - Shepherd, Michael A1 - Watters, Carolyn ED - Sprague, Ralph H., Jr. KW - cybergenre KW - digital KW - evolution KW - genre KW - internet KW - novel JA - 31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences PB - IEEE Computer Society Press CY - Maui SP - 97–109 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction Y1 - 2013 A1 - Margot Singer A1 - Nicole Walker KW - creative nonfiction KW - creative writing KW - essay PB - Bloomsbury CY - New York SP - 208 SN - 978-1441123299 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Use of Metadiscourse in Introductory Sections of a New Genre JF - International Journal of Applied Linguistics Y1 - 2005 A1 - Skulstad, Aud Solbjørd KW - corporate environmental report KW - emerging genre KW - introduction KW - linguistics KW - metadiscourse AB - This article examines the use of metadiscourse in introductory sections of the new (emerging) genre of environmental reports. This is contrasted with the chairman's statement in the established genre of corporate annual reports. The texts in both corpora were issued by British companies. Four categories of metadiscourse are analysed, using terminology from Mauranen (1993). The study indicates that metadiscourse may play a significant role in new genres. The study concludes that writers of the emerging genre of corporate environmental reports use metadiscourse to guide the readers. It also shows that the use of metadiscourse may have distinctly different functions in emerging genres compared to established ones. The categories action markers and previews (local and global) are particularly useful in the comparison of the textual practices of established and emerging genres. Whereas the use of previews in the new genre informs and directs the readers as to the aims and global functions of the documents, in established genres this category may mark a deviation from what the writer sees as the conventional rhetorical (Move–Step) pattern. VL - 15 SP - 71–86 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD) Structure: A Fifty-Year Survey JF - Journal of the Medical Library Association Y1 - 2004 A1 - Sollaci, Luciana B. A1 - Pereira, Mauricio G. KW - evolution KW - genre KW - IMRAD KW - science AB - Background: The scientific article in the health sciences evolved from the letter form and purely descriptive style in the seventeenth century to a very standardized structure in the twentieth century known as introduction, methods, results, and discussion (IMRAD). The pace in which this structure began to be used and when it became the most used standard of today's scientific discourse in the health sciences is not well established.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to point out the period in time during which the IMRAD structure was definitively and widely adopted in medical scientific writing. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the frequency of articles written under the IMRAD structure was measured from 1935 to 1985 in a randomly selected sample of articles published in four leading journals in internal medicine: the British Medical Journal, JAMA, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Results: The IMRAD structure, in those journals, began to be used in the 1940s. In the 1970s, it reached 80% and, in the 1980s, was the only pattern adopted in original papers. Conclusions: Although recommended since the beginning of the twentieth century, the IMRAD structure was adopted as a majority only in the 1970s. The influence of other disciplines and the recommendations of editors are among the facts that contributed to authors adhering to it. VL - 92 SP - 364–371 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC442179/ N1 - + pdf ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Compound Mediation in Software Development: Using Genre Ecologies to Study Textual Artifacts T2 - Writing Selves/Writing Societies: Research from Activity Perspectives Y1 - 2003 A1 - Spinuzzi, Clay ED - Bazerman, Charles ED - Russell, David KW - activity theory KW - ecology KW - genre KW - mediation KW - text JA - Writing Selves/Writing Societies: Research from Activity Perspectives PB - The WAC Clearinghouse and Mind, Culture, and Activity CY - Fort Collins, CO SP - 97–124 UR - http://wac.colostate.edu/books/selves_societies/index.cfm N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Four Ways to Investigate Assemblages of Texts: Genre Sets, Systems, Repertoires, and Ecologies T2 - 22nd Annual International Conference on Design of Communication: The Engineering of Quality Documentation Y1 - 2004 A1 - Spinuzzi, Clay KW - ecology KW - genre KW - repertoire KW - set KW - system AB - Genre theorists agree that genres work together in assemblages.But what is the nature of these assemblages? In this paper I describe four frameworks that have been used to describe assemblages of genres: genre sets, genre systems, genre repertoires, and genre ecologies. At first glance, they seem to be interchangeable, but there are definite and sometimes quite deep differences among them. I compare and contrast these frameworks and suggest when each might be most useful. JA - 22nd Annual International Conference on Design of Communication: The Engineering of Quality Documentation PB - Association for Computing Machinery CY - Memphis, TN SP - 110–116 UR - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu:2268/10.1145/1026533.1026560 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genre Ecologies: An Open-System Approach to Understanding and Constructing Documentation JF - ACM Journal of Computer Documentation Y1 - 2000 A1 - Spinuzzi, Clay A1 - Zachry, Mark KW - contingency KW - decentralization KW - documentation KW - ecology KW - genre KW - open system KW - stability KW - system AB - Arguing that current approaches to understanding and constructingcomputer documentation are based on the flawed assumption that documentation works as a closed system, the authors present an alternative way of thinking about the texts that make computer technologies usable for people. Using two historical case studies, the authors describe how a genre ecologies framework provides new insights into the complex ways that people use texts to make sense of computer technologies. The framework is designed to help researchers and documentors account for contingency, decentralization, and stability in the multiple texts the people use while working with computers. The authors conclude by proposing three heuristic tools to support the work of technical communicators engaged in developing documentation today: exploratory questions, genre ecology diagrams, and organic engineering. VL - 24 SP - 169–181 N1 - + pdf rhet+ pdf 702 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Epideictic Rhetoric of Science JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication Y1 - 1991 A1 - Sullivan, Dale KW - criticism KW - doxa KW - epideictic KW - genre KW - legitimation KW - orthodoxy VL - 5 SP - 229–245 N1 - + j+ au ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Ethos of Epideictic Encounter JF - Philosophy and Rhetoric Y1 - 1993 A1 - Sullivan, Dale KW - epideictic KW - ethos KW - genre KW - location VL - 26 SP - 113–133 N1 - +j+ au ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Epideictic Character of Rhetorical Criticism JF - Rhetoric Review Y1 - 1993 A1 - Sullivan, Dale KW - community KW - criticism KW - epideictic KW - genre VL - 11 SP - 339–349 N1 - +j ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings T2 - Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series Y1 - 1990 A1 - Swales, John M. ED - Long, Michael H. ED - Richards, Jack C. KW - discourse community KW - ESP KW - genre KW - linguistics JA - Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge N1 - + ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Research genres: explorations and applications T2 - The Cambridge applied linguistics series Y1 - 2004 A1 - Swales, John M. KW - Academic Authorship. KW - Academic writing. KW - dissertation defense KW - Dissertations KW - English language Rhetoric Study and teaching. KW - English language Study and teaching (Higher) Foreign speakers. KW - genre KW - Interdisciplinary approach in education. KW - occluded genre KW - research article KW - Research Methodology. KW - science JA - The Cambridge applied linguistics series PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge, UK ; New York SP - xii, 314 p. SN - 05218259460521533341 (pb.) N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Text and its Commentaries: Toward a Reception History of 'Genre in Three Traditions' (Hyon 1996) JF - Ibérica Y1 - 2012 A1 - Swales, John M. KW - English for Specific Purposes AB -Reception histories are retrospectives; they look back at publications and ask
who has cited them, how often, when, where and why. This paper takes an
influential 1996 paper on genre analysis and examines how it has played out
intertextually over the 15 years or so since its publication. The main sources used
have been Google Scholar and the Web of Science. The quantitative results show
that it has been primarily, but not exclusively, cited in ESP publications. The
more qualitative aspect of this investigation reveals that its value for most later
commentators lies in its review-article potential to act as an interpretive frame
for subsequent work. The paper ends with a discussion of whether today we
should accept just “three traditions” for genre analysis and its pedagogical
applications or look further afield.
The paper discusses genre theory in the field of e-Democracy. A framework for analysing communicative genres related to four stereotypical e-Democracy models is suggested. A case study of a web based discussion board in a municipality illustrates the implications of applying the genre lens to the e-Democracy research and practice, with lessons learned to considered in the future efforts on e-Democracy. Based on observations from the case, a theoretical concept of autopoietic cybergenre is suggested and its potential significance for future e-Democracy initiatives is addressed. An autopoietic cybergenre, such as a web-based discussion board, includes inherent capability for meta-communication enabling continuous structuring of the purpose(s) and parts of the form of the genre in question itself.
JA - Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Science PB - IEEE Computer Society Press CY - Los Alamitos, CA SP - 98c– N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genres and Text Types in Medieval and Renaissance English JF - Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic-Literary Studies Y1 - 1997 A1 - Taavitsainen, Irma KW - 1100-1699 KW - English language (Middle) KW - English literature KW - genre KW - genre study KW - relationship to text typology KW - stylistics VL - 47 SP - 49-62 SN - 0287-1629 N1 - 1998-3-5158. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Constitutive rhetoric as an aspect of audience design: The public texts of Canadian suffragists JF - Written Communication Y1 - 2010 A1 - Thieme, Katja KW - addressee KW - Erving Goffman KW - Herbert C. Clark KW - interpellation KW - noun phrases KW - rhetorical situation KW - women’s rights AB -This article offers a way of using the theory of audience design—how speakers position different audience groups as main addressees, overhearers, or bystanders—for written discourse. It focuses on main addressees, that is, those audience members who are expected to participate in and respond to a speaker’s utterances. The text samples are articles, letters, and editorials on women’s suffrage that were published between 1909 and 1912 in Canadian periodicals. In particular, the author analyzes noun phrases with which suffrageskeptical women are addressed, relying on the theory of constitutive rhetoric to highlight the interpellative force with which the audience design of this public political debate operates.
VL - 27 SP - 36–56 UR - http://wcx.sagepub.com/content/27/1/36 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Origin of Genres JF - New Literary History Y1 - 1976 A1 - Todorov, Tzvetan KW - author KW - expectation KW - genre KW - institution KW - origin KW - pragmatic KW - reader KW - register KW - semantic KW - semiotic KW - speech act KW - style KW - syntactic VL - 8 SP - 159–170 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Why Structure and Genre Matter for Users of Digital Information: A Longitudinal Experiment with Readers of a Web-Based Newspaper JF - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Y1 - 2006 A1 - Vaughan, Misha W. A1 - Dillon, Andrew KW - digital KW - experiment KW - genre KW - structure KW - usability KW - web design VL - 64 SP - 502–526 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Art of Invective: Performing Identity in Cyberspace JF - New Media & Society Y1 - 2002 A1 - Vrooman, Steven S. KW - CMC KW - computer-mediated communication KW - cuelessness KW - digital KW - emotion KW - flaming; genre; identity; invective; performance; the dozens; rant; KW - medium AB - This article examines the common computer-mediated communication (CMC) phenomenon of 'flaming' from a rhetorical perspective, situating the phenomenon diachronically in the histories of invective in art and society. An examination of the notorious alt.flame newsgroup draws connections between the political and sexual content of the flames and the rants and dozens genres of invective. The article concludes with an argument against the still prevalent media-determinant view that holds that flaming is somehow caused by the medium of CMC itself. Given the strategic nature of the different kinds of flames, it makes more sense to view them as performative enactments of identity which stress either group or individual identity depending on the genre of invective utilized by the flamer. This article demonstrates that the more historical approach offered by rhetorical criticism gives a vital perspective to an area of study from which rhetorical critics have for too long been absent. VL - 4 SP - 51–70 UR -Contemporary genre theory is dominated by metaphors of evolution and speciation; this article proposes alternate metaphors of spatiality and exchange. A spatial understanding of genre permits more productive interactions between literary and rhetorical genre theory. A reading of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy as a multigenred text suggests some of the potentials of this approach.
VL - 47 SP - 23 CP - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Ordering Work: Blue-Collar Literacy and the Political Nature of Genre JF - Written Communication Y1 - 2000 A1 - Winsor, Dorothy A. KW - engineer KW - genre KW - improvisation KW - power KW - status KW - technician KW - text KW - visibility KW - work order VL - 17 SP - 155–184 N1 - + j+ pdf rhet ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Writing Power: Communication in an Engineering Center Y1 - 2003 A1 - Winsor, Dorothy A. KW - capital KW - engineering KW - genre KW - knowledge KW - power KW - rhetoric KW - text PB - State University of New York Press CY - Albany, NY SN - 0-7914-5758-3 N1 - + ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Emergence of the Memo as a Managerial Genre JF - Management Communication Quarterly Y1 - 1989 A1 - Yates, JoAnne KW - evolution KW - genre KW - memo KW - technology AB - This article traces the historical evolution of the memorandum as a genre of written communicationin American business during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It draws on published and unpublished materials from the period, including archival materials from E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Scovill Manufacturing Company. The historical analysis shows that the memo developed from the letter, not for reasons related to rhetorical theory, but as a practical response to two sets of developments: (I) the emergence of new managerial theory and techniques, and (2) innovations in the technology of written communication. The study also reveals a significant lag between the actual emergence of the genre and its recognition in instructional materials in communication. VL - 2 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genres of Organizational Communication: A Structurational Approach to Studying Communication and Media JF - Academy of Management Review Y1 - 1992 A1 - Yates, JoAnne A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda KW - emergence KW - evolution KW - genre KW - Giddens KW - letter KW - media KW - medium KW - memo KW - structuration KW - textual VL - 17 SP - 299–326 N1 - + genre+ pdf rhet ER - TY - CHAP T1 - The PowerPoint Presentation and Its Corollaries: How Genres Shape Communicative Action in Organizations T2 - Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations Y1 - 2007 A1 - Yates, JoAnne A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda ED - Zachry, Mark ED - Thralls, Charlotte KW - evolution KW - genre KW - Giddens KW - powerpoint KW - structuration JA - Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions: Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations PB - Baywood Publishing Company CY - Amityville, NY SP - 67–91 N1 - + pdf ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Explicit and Implicit Structuring of Genres in Electronic Communication: Reinforcement and Change of Social Interaction JF - Organization Science Y1 - 1999 A1 - Yates, JoAnne A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda J. A1 - Okamura, Kazuo KW - electronic media KW - genre KW - Giddens KW - organization KW - structuration AB - In a study of how an F&D group in a Japanese firm adopted and used a new electronic medium, we identified two contrasting patterns of use: the use of community-wide communication types, or genres, deliberately shaped by the action of a small, sanctioned group of mediators; and the use of local genres tacitly shaped by members within their own research teams. We suggest that these patterns reflect the more general processes of explicit and implicit structuring, resulting in both the reinforcement and change of social interaction within communities. Explicit structuring included the planned replication, planned modification, and opportunistic modification of existing genres, while implicit structuring inclided the migration and variation of existing genres. We believe that these two processes provide suggestive models for understanding the initial and ongoing use of new electronic media within a community. VL - 10 SP - 83–103 N1 - + pdf rhet ER - TY - CONF T1 - Collaborative Genres for Collaboration: Genre Systems in Digital Media T2 - Thirtieth Annual Hawaii Conference on System Sciences Y1 - 1997 A1 - Yates, JoAnne A1 - Orlikowski, Wanda J. A1 - Rennecker, Julie KW - CMC KW - collaboration KW - electronic communication KW - genre system KW - Lotus Notes KW - team JA - Thirtieth Annual Hawaii Conference on System Sciences PB - IEEE Computer Society Press SP - 50–59 N1 - + genre+ pdf 702 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Digital Genres and the New Burden of Fixity T2 - Thirtieth Annual Hawaii Conference on System Sciences Y1 - 1997 A1 - Yates, Simeon J. A1 - Sumner, Tamara R. KW - change KW - CMC KW - community KW - corpus KW - evolution KW - genre KW - stability JA - Thirtieth Annual Hawaii Conference on System Sciences PB - IEEE Computer Society Press SP - 3–12 N1 - + pdf 702 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Communicative Practices in the Workplace: A Historical Examination of Genre Development JF - Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Y1 - 2000 A1 - Zachry, Mark KW - activity theory KW - evolution KW - genre KW - history KW - organizational communication KW - workplace VL - 30 SP - 57–79 N1 - + pdf rhet+ genre-comp ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 'Advertorials': A genre-based analysis of an emerging hybridized genre JF - Discourse & Communication Y1 - 2012 A1 - Zhou, Sijing KW - advertisement KW - editorials KW - news stories AB -Genre analysis has been applied to a sizable body of linguistic studies on various text types. However, little attention has been paid to advertorials as an emerging hybridized genre. To identify the generic and linguistic characteristics of advertorials, and therefore to classify advertorials into an appropriate genre, this study carries out a comprehensive genre analysis of advertorials based on Bhatia’s (1993) seven-step genre analysis methodology. A corpus of 55 advertorials was collected from four English-language magazines and two English-language newspapers, from which a sub-corpus of 12 samples was further selected for a thorough examination of linguistic characteristics. Attempting to gain a comprehensive view of generic features of advertorials, this study makes a critical comparison of advertorials with three inextricably related genres: advertisements, news stories and editorials. Linguistic evidence sufficiently demonstrates that advertorials share fundamental generic and linguistic natures with advertisements and proposes classifying advertorials as a sub-genre of advertisements.
VL - 6 SP - 323-346 CP - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Development of a Virtual Community of Practices Using Electronic Mail and Communicative Genres JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication Y1 - 2003 A1 - Zucchermaglio, Cristina A1 - Talamo, Alessndra KW - community KW - email KW - genre KW - repertoire KW - Suchman KW - Yates VL - 17 SP - 259–284 N1 - + j ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Emergence and Nature of Genres—A Social-Dynamic Account JF - Cognitive Semiotics Y1 - 2015 A1 - Østergaard, Svend A1 - Bundgaard, Peer F. KW - cognitive semiotics KW - emergence KW - genre KW - social dynamics KW - text linguistics KW - Text type AB -This article has a double scope. First, we consider the dynamics
inherent in the emergence of genres. Our view is that genres emerge relative
to two sets of constraints, which we aim to capture in our double feedback loop
model for the dynamics of genres. On the one hand, (text) genres, or text types,
as we will interchangeably call them, emerge as a variation of already existing
text types. On the other hand, genres develop as a response to the negative
constraints or positive affordances of given situations: that is, either the “exigencies”
of the situation or the new resources available in a situation.
Accordingly, Section 1 is mainly devoted to a characterization of situations
and of the dynamic relation between situational constraints/affordances and
genres. Our main claim is that situations and genres stand in a relation of
mutual scaffolding to each other so that the existence of a text type is not
simply caused by the exigencies present in a given situation, but, once emerged,
also feeds back into the situation, further stabilizing or consolidating it: hence,
the use of the term “feedback loop.” Section 2 is a more detailed discussion of
the dynamics of genres with a particular focus on the first feedback loop: the
way genres develop as deviations from existing text types and then stabilize as
text types proper with a normative import. The second scope of this article
consists in developing a typological apparatus consistent with the dynamic
approach to the emergence of genres. This is our parameter theory of genres
presented in Section 3. Here we consider genres as governed by parameters
external to them and intrinsic to the situations they are dynamically related to.
Genres should thus be understood not simply in terms of inherent textual or
formal traits, but also relative to a certain set of situational parameters and
relative to the degree to which they are governed by them.