forward: query re genre analysis

[el don]

"Reading Science: critical and functional perspectives on discourses
of science"
J.R.Martin & Robert Veel (eds). 1998. London: Routledge. 0-415-16790-6 (pbk)

"Genre and Institutions: social processes in the workplace and school"
Frances Christie & J.R. Martin (eds) 1997.  Open Linguistics series.
London: Cassell. 0-304-33766-8 (hbk)

"Discourse and Social Life" Skrikant Sarangi & Malcolm Coulthard
(eds) 2000. Harlow: Longman: Pearson Education. 0-582-40469-X CSD

Chapter 7 of: "English Text: system and structure" J.R. Martin. 1992.
Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1-55619-485-4  (pbk; US ISBN)

"Analysing English in a Global Context: A Reader" Anne Burns &
Caroline Coffin (eds) 2001. London (and New York): Routledge.
0-415-24116 (pbk)

these might be a useful entry into one perspective on genre that has
been investigated and is still being researched. most of the
theoretical work takes labov's stuff on narrative as a starting
point, but goes way beyond that.
applications to pedagogical contexts are part and parcel of the
research, but has been applied to a variety of text 'types'.
hope its useful to those interested.

regards,
L.

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