18 Critical Genre Analysis of specialized texts: Demystifying professional practices
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Jane Lung
Abstract
This chapter applies Critical Genre Analysis to analyze the genre of specialized texts, that is, dental case reports, and to “demystify” the professional practices in dentistry, as well as answering the question “Why do dentists write the way they do?” It is an attempt to demonstrate the interdiscursivity of critical genre theory when examining the discursive performance of dental practices. It examines the phenomenon of interdiscursive collaboration in a context of dentistry, that is, the interrelationships between discursive practice (constructing, interpreting, and using dentistry genres) and professional practice (managing dentistry activities) by examining the discourses built into dental case reports. It reveals the specific motivations or “private intentions” behind the choice of interdiscursivity, and the underlying forces that drive specialists to choose interdiscursivity in their profession. Thus, interdiscursivity plays a role in discursive events such as genre, professional activities, and the inevitable professional cultures. It is hoped that continuing work in critical genre theory will strengthen the analysis of professional communication in a broad range of institutional and professional contexts, and provide insights into the domains of applied linguistics and language for specific purposes.
Abstract
This chapter applies Critical Genre Analysis to analyze the genre of specialized texts, that is, dental case reports, and to “demystify” the professional practices in dentistry, as well as answering the question “Why do dentists write the way they do?” It is an attempt to demonstrate the interdiscursivity of critical genre theory when examining the discursive performance of dental practices. It examines the phenomenon of interdiscursive collaboration in a context of dentistry, that is, the interrelationships between discursive practice (constructing, interpreting, and using dentistry genres) and professional practice (managing dentistry activities) by examining the discourses built into dental case reports. It reveals the specific motivations or “private intentions” behind the choice of interdiscursivity, and the underlying forces that drive specialists to choose interdiscursivity in their profession. Thus, interdiscursivity plays a role in discursive events such as genre, professional activities, and the inevitable professional cultures. It is hoped that continuing work in critical genre theory will strengthen the analysis of professional communication in a broad range of institutional and professional contexts, and provide insights into the domains of applied linguistics and language for specific purposes.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Content i
- Preface xiii
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I General aspects
- 1 Models and concepts of Specialized Communication 3
- 2 Typology of Languages for Special Purposes and Specialized Communication 31
- 3 Communication about specialized knowledge 51
- 4 Specialized Communication and cognition 67
- 5 Inter- and transdisciplinarity 87
- 6 Multilingual Specialized Communication 107
- 7 Intercultural Specialized Communication 125
- 8 Linguae francae in Specialized Communication 143
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II Functional aspects
- 9 Efficiency of Specialized Communication 169
- 10 Figurative language in domain-specific communication 191
- 11 The cognition of credibility in Specialized Communication 213
- 12 The multimodal complexity of Specialized Communication: Examples and approaches 237
- 13 Cohesion and coherence in specialized written communication 257
- 14 Gender aspects in Specialized Communication 277
- 15 Authorship and anonymity in Specialized Communication 297
- 16 Power in Specialized Communication 319
- 17 Epistemicide and Open Science Communication 339
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III Methodological aspects
- 18 Critical Genre Analysis of specialized texts: Demystifying professional practices 361
- 19 Terminology and terminography in Specialized Communication 385
- 20 Corpus linguistics in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) 407
- 21 Academic language and content development for multilingual learners: the SIOP model 433
- 22 Research and didactics of Specialized Communication: Content and Language Integrated Learning 453
- 23 Ethnography and ethnographic methods in Specialized Communication 475
- 24 Conversation Analysis and Specialized Communication 495
- 25 Needs analysis 513
- 26 Communication in multilingual workplaces: A mixed methods approach 529
- 27 Qualitative and quantitative text analysis 545
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IV Media aspects
- 28 Specialized Communication in literary texts 563
- 29 Orality (and/as media) in Specialized Communication 589
- 30 Towards collaborative journalism in Specialized Communication 611
- 31 Specialized Communication in the press 625
- 32 Specialized Communication in the World Wide Web 645
- 33 Specialized Communication in social media 665
- 34 Language construction and Specialized Communication 687
- 35 Languages of logical calculation 707
- 36 Open Access publishing 725
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Content i
- Preface xiii
-
I General aspects
- 1 Models and concepts of Specialized Communication 3
- 2 Typology of Languages for Special Purposes and Specialized Communication 31
- 3 Communication about specialized knowledge 51
- 4 Specialized Communication and cognition 67
- 5 Inter- and transdisciplinarity 87
- 6 Multilingual Specialized Communication 107
- 7 Intercultural Specialized Communication 125
- 8 Linguae francae in Specialized Communication 143
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II Functional aspects
- 9 Efficiency of Specialized Communication 169
- 10 Figurative language in domain-specific communication 191
- 11 The cognition of credibility in Specialized Communication 213
- 12 The multimodal complexity of Specialized Communication: Examples and approaches 237
- 13 Cohesion and coherence in specialized written communication 257
- 14 Gender aspects in Specialized Communication 277
- 15 Authorship and anonymity in Specialized Communication 297
- 16 Power in Specialized Communication 319
- 17 Epistemicide and Open Science Communication 339
-
III Methodological aspects
- 18 Critical Genre Analysis of specialized texts: Demystifying professional practices 361
- 19 Terminology and terminography in Specialized Communication 385
- 20 Corpus linguistics in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) 407
- 21 Academic language and content development for multilingual learners: the SIOP model 433
- 22 Research and didactics of Specialized Communication: Content and Language Integrated Learning 453
- 23 Ethnography and ethnographic methods in Specialized Communication 475
- 24 Conversation Analysis and Specialized Communication 495
- 25 Needs analysis 513
- 26 Communication in multilingual workplaces: A mixed methods approach 529
- 27 Qualitative and quantitative text analysis 545
-
IV Media aspects
- 28 Specialized Communication in literary texts 563
- 29 Orality (and/as media) in Specialized Communication 589
- 30 Towards collaborative journalism in Specialized Communication 611
- 31 Specialized Communication in the press 625
- 32 Specialized Communication in the World Wide Web 645
- 33 Specialized Communication in social media 665
- 34 Language construction and Specialized Communication 687
- 35 Languages of logical calculation 707
- 36 Open Access publishing 725
