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Expository Discourse (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Expository Discourse (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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This volume provides a detailed an explicit account of the genre of
social science research articles. While previous literature has
analysed some aspects of the research genre separately, this book
presents a comprehensive model which characterizes the generic,
registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a
text. Another important contribution of the analysis is the
formulation of explicit realization statements that relate the
abstract categories of move and act (as described by Swales) to the
way these units are actually created by lexical and grammatical
choices. The realization networks draw on the work of systemic
functional linguistics, primarily Halliday, Hasan, Martin and
Ventola. The added emphasis in this study is that research texts
are ultimately persuasive texts, and genre 'constraints' can be
tightened or loosened in response to the rhetorical dimension. The
description of the social science research genre is important both
for those teaching English to speakers and readers of other
languages and for researchers in discourse structure. For teachers,
the detailed analysis of texts and the method for determining
realization rules will help in guiding students who must understand
and produce research articles. For researchers, the qualitative and
quantitative analyses show how the different levels of abstraction,
from the genre itself to its moves, acts and wordings, are related
to each other. Lastly, this analysis can serve as a model for
future descriptions of other academic and professional genres.
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