A Tardy Uptake
Following Carolyn Miller’s (1984) definition of genre as social action, subsequent work in the field of rhetorical genre theory has focused on two aspects of her account. The first is the claim that “a genre is a rhetorical means for mediating private intention and social exigence” (Miller, 1984, p....
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Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/781 |