Amy J Devitt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 338784 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amy J Devitt |
| PRENOMES | Amy J |
| SOBRENOME | Devitt |
| ASSINATURA | DEVITT A J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8815-6218 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1986 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A commentary on Anzieu
The concept of should not be limited to literary genres, but should be expanded to include all types of texts, including those traditionally considered to be nonliterary. Essentially, many things about writing work the way they do because of genre, and a better understanding of can give us a better understanding of writing, reading and texts. Genre offers a great deal since it embodies a rhetorical situation and a discourse community. The form th…
Illicit Genres
This study takes a novel approach to the study of threatening communications by arguing that they can be characterized as a genre – a genre that generally carries strong connotations of intimidation, fear, aggression, power, and coercion. We combine the theoretical framework of Rhetorical Genre Studies (RGS) with results from theoretical and empirical analyses of threats to arrive at a more comprehensive perspective of threats. Since threats do n…
Standardizing Written English
Linguistic standardization and Scots-English 2. The linguistic diffusion of five variables 3. Anglicization and theories of language change 4. (Con)Textual variables and anglicization 5. Conclusions Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
Genre as Textual Variable
M UCCH OF LINGUISTIC RESEARCH HAS CONCENTRATED ON investigating different varieties of language: regional varieties, social varieties, stylistic varieties. Although long acknowledged as important, stylistic varieties have received the least empirical linguistic investigation until relatively recently. Labov's discoveries of various contextual styles (1972) and of varieties within a relatively homogeneous group (1973) have been followed by conside…
A What's What in Dialectology
Genre as Textual Variable
M UCCH OF LINGUISTIC RESEARCH HAS CONCENTRATED ON investigating different varieties of language: regional varieties, social varieties, stylistic varieties. Although long acknowledged as important, stylistic varieties have received the least empirical linguistic investigation until relatively recently. Labov's discoveries of various contextual styles (1972) and of varieties within a relatively homogeneous group (1973) have been followed by conside…
A What's What in Dialectology
Genre as Textual Variable
M UCCH OF LINGUISTIC RESEARCH HAS CONCENTRATED ON investigating different varieties of language: regional varieties, social varieties, stylistic varieties. Although long acknowledged as important, stylistic varieties have received the least empirical linguistic investigation until relatively recently. Labov's discoveries of various contextual styles (1972) and of varieties within a relatively homogeneous group (1973) have been followed by conside…
Standardizing Written English
Linguistic standardization and Scots-English 2. The linguistic diffusion of five variables 3. Anglicization and theories of language change 4. (Con)Textual variables and anglicization 5. Conclusions Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
Illicit Genres
This study takes a novel approach to the study of threatening communications by arguing that they can be characterized as a genre – a genre that generally carries strong connotations of intimidation, fear, aggression, power, and coercion. We combine the theoretical framework of Rhetorical Genre Studies (RGS) with results from theoretical and empirical analyses of threats to arrive at a more comprehensive perspective of threats. Since threats do n…
A commentary on Anzieu
The concept of should not be limited to literary genres, but should be expanded to include all types of texts, including those traditionally considered to be nonliterary. Essentially, many things about writing work the way they do because of genre, and a better understanding of can give us a better understanding of writing, reading and texts. Genre offers a great deal since it embodies a rhetorical situation and a discourse community. The form th…
Linguistics (5 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 obras) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 obras) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras) · Rhetorical question (2 obras)