Chapter 3. Discourse genres in the PUCV-2006 Academic and Professional Corpus of Spanish
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Giovanni Parodi✝
Abstract
The identification and the classification of discourse genres have been one of the important concerns in linguistics studies. Particularly, since genres are analysed as complex objects and multi-dimensional approaches have been employed in order to capture their dynamic nature, more precise distinctive features have been determined. This chapter identifies, defines, classifies and exemplifies discourse genres emerging from the 491 texts forming the PUCV-2006 Academic and Professional Corpus of Spanish. In order to accomplish these objectives, we executed a complementary methodology of deductive and inductive nature. After analysing all the texts of the corpus, twenty-nine genres were identified and grouped. Interesting clusterings emerged reflecting cognitive, social, functional/communicative and linguistic variations.
Abstract
The identification and the classification of discourse genres have been one of the important concerns in linguistics studies. Particularly, since genres are analysed as complex objects and multi-dimensional approaches have been employed in order to capture their dynamic nature, more precise distinctive features have been determined. This chapter identifies, defines, classifies and exemplifies discourse genres emerging from the 491 texts forming the PUCV-2006 Academic and Professional Corpus of Spanish. In order to accomplish these objectives, we executed a complementary methodology of deductive and inductive nature. After analysing all the texts of the corpus, twenty-nine genres were identified and grouped. Interesting clusterings emerged reflecting cognitive, social, functional/communicative and linguistic variations.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword ix
- About the authors xi
- Introduction 1
- Acknowledgments 5
- Chapter 1. Discourse genres, academic and professional discourses 7
- Chapter 2. Written discourse genres 17
- Chapter 3. Discourse genres in the PUCV-2006 Academic and Professional Corpus of Spanish 37
- Chapter 4. Academic and professional genres 65
- Chapter 5. University academic genres 83
- Chapter 6. Multi-dimentional analysis of an academic corpus in Spanish 101
- Chapter 7. Automatic text classification of disciplinary texts 121
- Chapter 8. Rhetorical organisation of Textbooks 143
- Chapter 9. The Textbook genre and its rhetorical organisation in four scientific disciplines 171
- Chapter 10. The Disciplinary Text genre as a means for accessing disciplinary knowledge 189
- Chapter 11. Academic discourse comprehension in Spanish and English 213
- Chapter 12. Corollary 233
- References 239
- Index 253
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword ix
- About the authors xi
- Introduction 1
- Acknowledgments 5
- Chapter 1. Discourse genres, academic and professional discourses 7
- Chapter 2. Written discourse genres 17
- Chapter 3. Discourse genres in the PUCV-2006 Academic and Professional Corpus of Spanish 37
- Chapter 4. Academic and professional genres 65
- Chapter 5. University academic genres 83
- Chapter 6. Multi-dimentional analysis of an academic corpus in Spanish 101
- Chapter 7. Automatic text classification of disciplinary texts 121
- Chapter 8. Rhetorical organisation of Textbooks 143
- Chapter 9. The Textbook genre and its rhetorical organisation in four scientific disciplines 171
- Chapter 10. The Disciplinary Text genre as a means for accessing disciplinary knowledge 189
- Chapter 11. Academic discourse comprehension in Spanish and English 213
- Chapter 12. Corollary 233
- References 239
- Index 253
