Genre Across Borders (GXB) | an international, interdisciplinary network of researchers, theories, and resources

About GXB

Genre is a idea that crosses disciplinary, national, methodological, conceptual, and pedagogical borders. The purpose of Genre across Borders (GXB) is to advance genre theory and research by helping scholars and students cross these borders. The site combines two primary functions:

As a reference guide to scholarship in the many fields of genre study
As a networking portal for scholars and teachers

GXB aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the multiple strands of genre scholarship and their relationships, in order to catalyze intellectual exchange and pedagogical innovation and to help us understand the processes and motivations of genre development, evolution, and circulation.

GXB now features translations of research introductions on our Research page. Contact us to contribute a translation. You may also select an interface display language on your Profile page.

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Sample Bibliography

[RN122] Dayton, D., & Bernhardt S. A. (2004). Results of a Survey of ATTW Members, 2003. Technical Communication Quarterly. 13, 13-43.

[RN60] Kain, D., & Wardle E. (2005). Building Context: Using Activity Theory to Teach About Genre in Multi-Major Professional Communication Courses. Technical Communication Quarterly. 14, 113-139.

Glossary Sample

Corollary genre

A genre variation engendered when actors revise some of the discursive qualities and expectations of a particular genre but do not completely transform the genre itself. Such modifications bring about derivative or 'corollary' genres (Yates & Orlikowski, 2007).

User Spotlight

alicianoceti

Name: Alicia María Noceti

Institution: Facultad de Ciencias de la Alimentación, Universidad nacional de Entre Rios

Department/Program Affiliation: Languages Department

Education: Licenciatura en Inglés, orientación Lingüística, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2008

Status: Full professor, Head of Department

Website: www.fcal.uner.edu.ar

Academia.edu: alicianoceti

Biography: Teacher and researcher.Graduated as a Teacher of English in 1972. Later upgraded to a Licenciatura (2008). Finished a post-graduate specialization in Discourse studies in English, writing my final research at the moment. I have been teaching ESP to Food Engineering undergraduates for a about 25 years. In 2005 I started using a Genre Analysis approach. Main research interests: genre studies, cybergenres, writing in the disciplines.