Discourse & Genre: A Brief Review

Martin's (1984:25) definition of genre:

‘a(n) ... activity in which speakers engage as members of our culture’

• staged, goal-oriented, purposeful

• staged, process-oriened, purposeful

• unstaged, process-oriened, purposeful

• unstaged, process-oriened, ambiguous

Academic lectures and casual conversations are examples of ... genre.

Newspaper reports and academic essays are examples of ... genre.

For Martin, the notion of genre corresponds to Malinowski’s (1923 , 1935) notion of ... and is responsible for the ... of a text.

• context of culture;

  schematic structure

• context of situation;

  language features

The register (Halliday 1989c) of the text corresponds to Malinowski’s ... and is responsible for the ... of a text.

• context of culture;

  schematic structure

• context of situation;

  language features

Generic structure is about the ... moves of the genre (compulsory & optionary elements).

• external

• internal

• general

• specific

Internal structure is about the ... moves of the genre (thematic progression, coherence or idea flows,...).

• external

• internal

• general

• specific