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1 online resource (453 pages) |
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Applied Linguistics and Language Study |
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Applied linguistics and language study.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Series List; Part 1: Genre Analysis -- Theoretical Preliminaries; Chapter 1. From description to explanation in discourse analysis; 1.1 Surface-level linguistic description: register analysis; 1.2 Functional language description: grammatical-rhetorical analysis; 1.3 Language description as discourse: interactional analysis; 1.4 Language description as explanation: genre analysis; Chapter 2. Approach to genre analysis; 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Function of orientation |
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2.2.1 Linguistics and genre analysis2.2.2 Sociology and genre analysis; 2.2.3 Psychology and genre analysis; 2.3 Analysing unfamiliar genres; 2.4 Cross-cultural factors in genre analysis; 2.5 Conclusions -- strengths and limitations; Part 2: Genre Analysis in Action; Chapter 3. Product and self promotion in business settings; 3.1 Sales promotion letters; 3.1.1 Communicative purpose; 3.1.2 Structural description; 3.1.3 Flexibility in move-structure; 3.2 Job applications; 3.3 Cross-cultural variation; 3.3.1 Sales promotion letters; 3.3.2 Job application letters; 3.4 Conclusions |
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Chapter 4. Research genres in academic settings4.1 Research article abstracts; 4.2 Research article introductions; 4.3 Form-function correlation and the CARS model for article introductions; 4.4 Introductions in student academic writings; 4.4.1 Student laboratory report introductions; 4.4.2 Student dissertation introductions; 4.5 Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Legal discourse in professional settings; 5.1 Legal language; 5.2 Legislative provisions; 5.2.1 Communicative purpose; 5.2.2 Types of legislative provisions; 5.2.3 Syntactic properties of legislative provisions |
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5.2.4 Cognitive structuring in legislative provisions5.3 Legal cases; 5.3.1 Communicative purpose; 5.3.2 Structural interpretation of legal cases; 5.4 (Cross-cultural) variation in legal discourse; 5.5 Concluding remarks; Part 3: Applications; Chapter 6. From description to explanation in language teaching; 6.1 Genre-based grammatical explanation in ESP; 6.2 Genre-based language curriculum; 6.3 Text-task relationship in English for legal purposes; 6.4 Genre-based ESP materials; 6.5 Genre analysis and assessment of attainment in ESP; 6.6 Cross-cultural factors in the teaching of ESP |
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Chapter 7. Generic integrity and language reform7.1 Language reform in legislative provisions; 7.2 Easification of legislative documents for specialist use; 7.3 Popular accounts for public consumption; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
Genre analysis has a long-established tradition in literature, but interest in the analysis of non-literary genres has been very recent. This book examines the theory of genre analysis, looks at genre analysis in action, taking texts from a wide variety of genres and discusses the use of genre analysis in language teaching and language reform |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Discourse analysis
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Language and languages -- Style.
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Literary form.
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English language -- Study and teaching.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Discourse analysis.
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English language -- Study and teaching.
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Language and languages -- Style.
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Literary form.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317896531 |
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131789653X |
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