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Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings / John M. Swales

John M. Swales
- Vol. 1991, Iss: 1991, pp 1-99
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Variation and text structure : the Discussion section in economics research articles

TL;DR: The authors explored the sources of variation in the structure of texts produced within academic communities by using genre analysis and found that variation in academic text structure reflects economic, social and cultural pressures and constraints and that competitive publishing situations lead to the elaboration of texts.
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Writing to mean in middle school: Understanding how second language writers negotiate textually-rich content-area instruction

TL;DR: Drawing on theoretical perspectives and analytical tools that view writing as meaning-making, student writing associated with an instructional intervention designed to expand the kinds of texts that second-language learners of English were asked to engage with, and produce, in social studies classrooms in a U.S. middle school is examined.
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Sidestepping our “scare words”: Genre as a possible bridge between L1 and L2 compositionists

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how genre can transcend disciplinary "scare words" and promote collaboration between L1 and L2 compositionists, through analyzing their own experiences collaborating on common curricular guidelines and sharing genre-based teaching materials.
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Was this analysis helpful? A genre analysis of the Amazon.com discourse community and its “most helpful” product reviews

TL;DR: A descriptive analysis ofAmazon.com product reviews that have been rated as “most helpful” by the Amazon.com discourse community is presented to discover if the shared values of the community are reflected in this specific genre.
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Using genre to improve web search

Mark A. Rosso
TL;DR: This dissertation explores the use of genre as a document descriptor in order to improve the effectiveness of web searching by developing a genre palette and showing that users would agree on the genres of webpages, when choosing from the genre palette.