Coming out of the closet "six feet under": textual silences and the social construction of the family stage in the obituary genres
The 'Family' stage -the lines devoted to the surviving members of the deceased's family- is a 'constant element' (Hasan 1985) in obituaries. The present study is built up around the structural analysis of genres as developed by Bhatia (1993, 2004), Hasan (1985), Martin (1985...
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Universidad de Alicante
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses |
| Online Access: | https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2006-n19-coming-out-of-the-closet-six-feet-under-textual-silences-and-the-social-construction-of-the-family-stage-in-the-obituary-genres |