Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research
The article comments upon a special issue on genre in cjsdw, focusing what may be key components or constituents of genre as a general concept. The search for key aspects in these texts are seen in the light of descriptions of genre from the 1980s by Frow (1980), Miller (1984), Bakhtin (1986), and F...
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Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing
2021-06-01
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| author | Sigmund Vik Ongstad |
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| description | The article comments upon a special issue on genre in cjsdw, focusing what may be key components or constituents of genre as a general concept. The search for key aspects in these texts are seen in the light of descriptions of genre from the 1980s by Frow (1980), Miller (1984), Bakhtin (1986), and Freadman (1987). Three issues are covered, aspects, levels, and processes, and in addition the challenge of applying concepts coined in a (sub-)field when discussing genre as an overarching, interdisciplinary, semiotic concept. The inquiry leads up to five constitutive aspects, form, content, act, time, and space. It is argued that this set defines the levels utterance and genre. Different processes are discussed. The article ends modelling aspects, levels, and processes in a basic conceptual framework. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6efddb1ca4744476ad70cce801de52fb2022-12-22T02:43:06ZengCanadian Association for the Study of Discourse and WritingDiscourse and Writing/Rédactologie2563-73202021-06-0131186108doi.org/10.31468/dwr.857Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre ResearchSigmund Vik Ongstad0Oslo Metropolitan UniversityThe article comments upon a special issue on genre in cjsdw, focusing what may be key components or constituents of genre as a general concept. The search for key aspects in these texts are seen in the light of descriptions of genre from the 1980s by Frow (1980), Miller (1984), Bakhtin (1986), and Freadman (1987). Three issues are covered, aspects, levels, and processes, and in addition the challenge of applying concepts coined in a (sub-)field when discussing genre as an overarching, interdisciplinary, semiotic concept. The inquiry leads up to five constitutive aspects, form, content, act, time, and space. It is argued that this set defines the levels utterance and genre. Different processes are discussed. The article ends modelling aspects, levels, and processes in a basic conceptual framework.https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/857genre research |
| spellingShingle | Sigmund Vik Ongstad Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie genre research |
| title | Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research |
| title_full | Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research |
| title_fullStr | Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research |
| title_short | Genre Constituents in “Reflections on Genre as Social Action” – in the Light of 1980s’ Genre Research |
| title_sort | genre constituents in reflections on genre as social action in the light of 1980s genre research |
| topic | genre research |
| url | https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/857 |
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