syntax in different discourse genres

[Frederick Newmeyer]

Dear Funknetters,

I'm posting this message for a student of mine, who is not a subscriber:

Could somebody please help me with a literature reference or two? I am
interested in work that describes the differences in syntactic
constructions in different genres: narratives, conversations, lectures,
written texts of various sorts, and so on.

I assume that construction types that are common in one genre are rare in
another. Is there work that talks about the differences?

Thanks! I'll summarize.

Frank Jaret
jaret at u.washington.edu