TY - CHAP
T1 - Some dichotomies in genre analysis for Languages for Specific Purposes
AU - Flowerdew, John
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Genres are staged, structured, communicative events, motivated by various communicative purposes, and performed by members of specific discourse communities (Swales, 1990; Bhatia, 1993, 2004; Berkenkotter and Huckin, 1995; Johns, 1997). Since its inception with the two seminal works on the topic by Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993), genre analysis has taken pride of place in much of the ongoing research in languages for specific purposes (LSP). The goal of much of this research is pedagogic, the understanding being that good genre descriptions can feed into pedagogy in the form of syllabus and materials design. This chapter considers four dichotomies for genre research. These dichotomies are: 1. Individual genres vs genre networks; 2. Written vs spoken genres; 3. Macro vs micro levels of analysis; and 4. Move structure vs. lexico-grammar. Each of these dichotomies has important implications for LSP pedagogy, not just the last, and these are highlighted in the course of the chapter. © 2011 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
AB - Genres are staged, structured, communicative events, motivated by various communicative purposes, and performed by members of specific discourse communities (Swales, 1990; Bhatia, 1993, 2004; Berkenkotter and Huckin, 1995; Johns, 1997). Since its inception with the two seminal works on the topic by Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993), genre analysis has taken pride of place in much of the ongoing research in languages for specific purposes (LSP). The goal of much of this research is pedagogic, the understanding being that good genre descriptions can feed into pedagogy in the form of syllabus and materials design. This chapter considers four dichotomies for genre research. These dichotomies are: 1. Individual genres vs genre networks; 2. Written vs spoken genres; 3. Macro vs micro levels of analysis; and 4. Move structure vs. lexico-grammar. Each of these dichotomies has important implications for LSP pedagogy, not just the last, and these are highlighted in the course of the chapter. © 2011 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
KW - Genre
KW - Genre analysis
KW - Genre networks
KW - Languages for specific purposes
KW - Lexico-grammar
KW - LSP
KW - Move structure
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U2 - 10.1075/scl.47.11flo
DO - 10.1075/scl.47.11flo
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9789027285058
VL - 47
T3 - Studies in Corpus Linguistics
SP - 139
EP - 153
BT - Researching Specialized Languages
PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company
ER -