Multidisciplinary Views on Discourse Genre A Research Agenda

Synopsis

This collection sets out an innovative research agenda for advancing a multidisciplinary approach to genre, bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines to enhance our existing understanding of the challenges and opportunities for current and future genre research.The volume brings together perspectives from across disciplinary borders, including such fields as discourse studies, cognitive studies, computational discourse analysis, and education, to advance genre research into new directions, as it has historically been studied from a mono-disciplinary perspective. The book highlights how fruitful a multidisciplinary approach can be in accounting for the dynamic complexity of the discourse genres that underpin daily life, exploring six broad themes: defining genre; stability and variation; genre and cognition; computational methods; language and literacy development; and genre education. Taken together, the volume makes the case for the value of such an approach in better accounting for the conceptual and empirical complexities of genre and, in turn, serving as a springboard for innovations in genre research.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in linguistics, discourse studies, discourse psychology, media studies, language and literacy development, and education.

Book details

Series:

Routledge Research in Language and Communication

Author:

Ninke Stukker, John A. Bateman, Danielle McNamara, Wilbert Spooren

ISBN:

9781040106266

Related ISBNs:

9781040106211, 9781003335603, 9781032371610

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2024-09-30

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2025

Copyright by:

selection and editorial matter, Ninke Stukker, John A. Bateman, Danielle McNamara, and Wilbert Spooren 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Language Arts, Nonfiction