The study of Genre is an important part of systemic functional linguistics.
Genre is a 'French word' which traditionally refers to different styles of writing.
Recently linguists who are interested in discourse analysis gave genre study a 'vigorous flavour' by applying linguistic analysis to examine the structure and function of genre in a socio-cultural context. The impact of genre study is seen in text-linguistics, language and literacy education and second language learning. Unlimited distribution is permitted only if textual and graphic content is not altered and the source is acknowledged.