Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings / John M. Swales
01 Jan 1991-Vol. 1991, Iss: 1991, pp 1-99
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how the textual, interpersonal and ideational metafunctions of each genre operate in relation to their institutional context of situation, and how these transformations constitute the codes of the pedagogic device.
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