Search results for "Genre studies"
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What is meant by hybridity? An investigation of hybridity and related terms in genre studies
2014
AbstractThis article is an investigation and a discussion of hybridity and related terms as used in linguistic studies of genre. The theoretical points that are made are illustrated with data from empirical research done by others and with the authors’ own data. The focus is on written texts but hybridity in spoken interaction is also discussed. The article defines the notion of genre and discusses (proto)typicality in relation to genre and hybridity. Recontextualization is also discussed. This is followed by a discussion of terms that have been used to talk about the processes of hybridity, firstly, as used in research that has mainly been done on spoken interaction. The focus then turns t…
The soundslide report : innovative journalism or misplaced works of art?
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: Nordicom Review. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0007 Open Access The audio slideshow-or soundslide report-represents a new format for journalistic reporting on online news sites. It is not very widely used, but it has certain discursive and aesthetic potentials indicating that it could contribute substantially to the ecology of journalistic genres. The article offers an illustration and discussion of these potentials, asking how the format communicates and how it affects journalism in general. Starting out with a close reading of a sample text and a discussion of the format's position in a network of g…
Traditional or structured abstract, or how to persuade the reader
2018
This paper studies the abstract, both traditional and structured, in order to assess its persuasive content through its five information units, as well as the presence of additional information in the Methods unit, in order to determine the abstract pattern that best persuades the reader. The research is based on a corpus of 320 abstracts from Spanish Nursing journals. Among the most significant results, abstract structure variability is highlighted. Also significant is the increase of information provided by structured abstracts, although an increase in size is also observed. From these results we can conclude that it is necessary to unify criteria for a better writing of abstracts, with c…
Recensione: Robert Foulke, The Sea Voyage Narrative, Routledge, New York and London, 1997, pp. 244, ISBN 0-415-93894-5, in Fogli di anglistica, anno …
2008
Robert Foulke, The Sea Voyage Narrative, Routledge, New York and London, 1997, pp. 244, ISBN 0-415-93894-5. The Sea Voyage Narrative consente al lettore di immergersi nell'affascinante mondo della letteratura di mare. Robert Foulke, fine conoscitore dell'ambiente marino, mette in luce la complessità e l'aspetto proteiforme della sea literature, che non può definirsi come un vero e proprio genere letterario, ma soltanto come un'ampia categoria descrittiva. Il testo è suddiviso in sei capitoli, ciascuno dei quali analizza aspetti connessi alle esperienze di viaggi per mare in relazione con elementi narratologici e tematici di capolavori della sea literature.