The Narrative Recount Genre Family in the Bawe Corpus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12501232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheena Gardner (0000-0003-1924-5270, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Pages | 393-402 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ASp (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1246-8185 • E-ISSN: 2108-6354 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/15c2o |
| OpenAlex | W4417275441 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Narrative Recounts belong to a relatively understudied genre family, compared to Essays, Critiques and Case Studies, but they are distinctive and in the British academic written English (BAWE) corpus they were found at all levels of study (from undergraduate years 1-3 to taught Master’s) and across all disciplinary groups (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences). They are typically recounts of events with reflective comments. Their purpose is to demonstrate awareness of motives and / or behaviour in individuals or organisations. Examples include accident reports, accounts of website searches, and urban ethnographies. This paper begins by comparing Narrative Recount genres to Narratives, Recounts and other genre families. It then gives examples across disciplines and describes typical lexico-grammatical features. It concludes with a short section on the use of AI for Narrative Recounts. It includes information on how researchers, teachers and students can freely access the BAWE corpus
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |