num_pages: 299
description: This book provides an introduction to genre analysis from the perspective of the ‘Sydney School’ of functional linguistics. Chapter 1 introduces our general orientation to genre from the perspective of system and structure, and places genre within our general model of language and social context. Chapters 2-5 deal with five major families of genres (stories, histories, reports, explanations and procedures), introducing a range of descriptive tools and theoretical developments along the way. Chapter 6 deals with a range of issues arising for genre analysis in a model of this kind. Genre Relations has been written for a readership of functional linguists, discourse analysts and educational linguists, including their post-graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
language: English
title: Genre Relations: Mapping Culture
titlecomplete: Genre Relations: Mapping Culture (Equinox Textbooks and Surveys in Linguistics)
genres: Linguistics, Teaching, Education
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Equinox Publishing