Textual Organization of Request Letters in Spanish and English and of Request Memoranda in Spanish: an Exploratory Study

Textual Organization of Request Letters in Spanish and English and of Request Memoranda in Spanish: an Exploratory Study

This paper describes a genre-based analysis of a group of request letters in Spanish and English and of request memoranda in Spanish, all produced by native speakers of Spanish1. The framework of analysis adopted is based on the concept of genre propo­sed by Swales (1990) and Bathia (1993). The gen...

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Main Authors: María Stella Martínez Contreras, Francisco Moreno Castrillón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2004-12-01
Series:Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura
Subjects:
genre-based analysis
generic structure
moves
written communications
request letters and memoranda
Online Access:https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ikala/article/view/3143

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