Digital Requests for Academic Help: the Context of Situation
Digital genres usually present features which have not been crystallized. Nevertheless, by means of principles of Genre Analysis (Swales, 1990, 1992; Bhatia, 1993, 2004) and concepts from Systemic-Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1970, 1989; Halliday & Hasan, 1985; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2013-12-01
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| Series: | The ESPecialist: Research in Language for Specific Purposes |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/13055 |
| Summary: | Digital genres usually present features which have not been crystallized. Nevertheless, by means of principles of Genre Analysis (Swales, 1990, 1992; Bhatia, 1993, 2004) and concepts from Systemic-Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1970, 1989; Halliday & Hasan, 1985; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004), some recurring features can be identifi ed. This research aims at investigating a set of emails whose main communicative purpose is to request academic help in a discussion list in Portuguese where those interested in Languages interact and exchange information. The study of Context of Situation (Halliday, 1970, 1989; Halliday & Hasan, 1985; Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004) shows the social relevance of this digital genre. |
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| ISSN: | 0102-7077 2318-7115 |