What is Genre ???

Rabu, 31 Maret 2010

After thinks for a long time, Finally I decided to make the first posts about the manner of text, especially about the GENRE. Because in my opinion, the most important acquisition in a study of language is to understand the context, and genre can answer. I still remember with a review of my study in the course Introduction to language that's more focused toward the manner of text or genre. There is a definition:

Definition

A text genre is a type of written or spoken discourse.

Discussion

Texts are classified into genres on the basis of the intent of the communicator.

Examples

Here is a table showing some text genres and the communicator's intent for each genre.


  • Text genre

    Communicator's intent is to . . .

    Narrative

    Tell about a sequence of events.

    Procedural

    Give instructions on how to do something.

    Expository

    Explain something.

    Hortatory

    Encourage someone to do something.

    Descriptive

    List the characteristics of something.

  • Source

    Larson 1984 365–366

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