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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. R. Martin , David RosePublisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781845530488ISBN 10: 1845530489 Pages: 289 Publication Date: 27 October 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis valuable introduction to the genre theory of the Sydney School by Martin and Rose provides a theoretical and analytic framework to understand language as a form of social practice. ...One of the best aspects of the book is the way it integrates description and theory and links them to social practice and intervention. The authors are able to demonstrate that there need not be distinctions between contributions to theory and practice because their work has importance for both. Journal of Language in Society 'This book certainly gives analysts more tools for thinking about genres and genre relations than previous works on the subject. From paradigmatic relations among genres, the authors argue their way towards a notion of macro-genres and multi-generic and indeed multi-modal text, arriving at some very expansive claims in the final chapter. The authors invite readers to consider an all-encompassing view of genres as configurations of meaning that constitute a culture. This is a much bolder claim than we have seen in this field for some time, and it is one that should raise wide-ranging questions for scholars concerned with the relationship between language and culture.' Hongyan Zhang, School of Foreign Languages, China University of Geosciences in Discourse Studies This valuable introduction to the genre theory of the Sydney School by Martin and Rose provides a theoretical and analytic framework to understand language as a form of social practice. ...One of the best aspects of the book is the way it integrates description and theory and links them to social practice and intervention. The authors are able to demonstrate that there need not be distinctions between contributions to theory and practice because their work has importance for both. Journal of Language in Society 'This book certainly gives analysts more tools for thinking about genres and genre relations than previous works on the subject. From paradigmatic relations among genres, the authors argue their way towards a notion of macro-genres and multi-generic and indeed multi-modal text, arriving at some very expansive claims in the final chapter. The authors invite readers to consider an all-encompassing view of genres as configurations of meaning that constitute a culture. This is a much bolder claim than we have seen in this field for some time, and it is one that should raise wide-ranging questions for scholars concerned with the relationship between language and culture.' Hongyan Zhang, School of Foreign Languages, China University of Geosciences in Discourse Studies Author InformationJ R Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. His research interests include systemic theory, functional grammar, discourse semantics, register, genre, multimodality and critical discourse analysis, focussing on English and Tagalog - with special reference to the transdisciplinary fields of educational linguistics and social semiotics. David Rose is a Research Fellow with the University of Sydney, currently coordinating a national research program in language and literacy for Indigenous Australians. This project, Learning to Read: Reading to Learn, works with schools across Australia, as well as Indigenous teacher training programs in University of Sydney and University of South Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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