Expository discourse : a genre-based approach to social science research texts / Beverly A. Lewin, Jonathan Fine, and Lynne Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewin, Beverly A., 1937-

Contributor:

Fine, Jonathan, 1949-

Young, Lynne (Linguist)

Series:

Open linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

viii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2001.

Summary:

Expository Discourse describes the social science research genre in an entirely original light. The authors present a comprehensive model which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text, formulating explicit realization statements that relate the abstract categories of move and act (as described by Swales) to the way these units actually are created by lexical and grammatical choices. The realization networks draw on the work of systemic functional linguists, primarily Halliday, Hasan, Martin, and Ventola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-162) and index.

ISBN:

0826449131

OCLC:

45058380