Date: 05-Oct-2008 From: Janet Joyce <jjoyceequinoxpub.com> Subject: Genre Relations: Martin, Rose E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Genre Relations
Subtitle: Mapping Culture
Series Title: Equinox Textbooks and Surveys in Linguistics
Published: 2008
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
http://www.equinoxpub.com/
Author: J.R. Martin
Author: David Rose
Hardback: ISBN: 9781845530471 Pages: 299 Price: U.S. $ 95.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781845530471 Pages: 299 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9781845530488 Pages: 299 Price: U.K. £ 16.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781845530488 Pages: 299 Price: U.S. $ 29.95
Abstract:
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. Finally in Chapter 6 we deal with a range of issues arising for genre analysis in a model of this kind. The book has been written for a readership of functional linguists, discourse analysts and educational linguists, including their post-graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics