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A semiotic interpretation of genre: Judgments as an example
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In this paper, a literature review of the concept of genre and taking judgments as one type of genre in legal settings is presented, which provides a corpus-based insight into the nature of genre.Abstract:
Genre has been a critical issue in discourse analysis as well as in other disciplines. Based on a literature review of the concept of genre and taking judgments as one type of genre in legal settings, the present study provides a corpus-based insight into the nature of genre. The literature review per se reveals that genre has one typical feature of a sign, that is, being subject to multiple and alternative interpretations; in other words, genre as a sign may have various interpretants. The present study unravels the actual generic structures, distinguishes different types of generic structures within the given genre, and then defines the dominant generic structure of judgments in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. This study also examines and contrasts the generic structure potential of judgments in each jurisdiction. In addition, the variation of Mainland China's judgments over time is briefly discussed. Comparing the generic structures of judgments among the three jurisdictions, as well as the structures of judgments in Mainland China over time, the paper argues that genre also has the essential features of a sign, that is, the characteristics of temporality and spatiality.read more
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Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach
TL;DR: The contribution of folklore to sociolinguistic research is discussed in this article, with a focus on poetics and the contribution of poetics to linguistics as a science of language and social life.