Post on 06-May-2015
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DISCOURSE&
GENREArinda MitaAtikah Dewi
Belinda Hendra
PREVIEW
• Discourse is a group of sentences which link one proposition to another one and makes a coherent unit of the sentences.
• Genre is a directional, patterned, continuous, and purpose-oriented activity.
• Genre is a distinctive part of culture that has purpose and steps, as well as language features which has relationship to the purpose, steps, and the distinctive culture that the definitions should be interpretated by refering to the social and cultural context in which the context exists.
What is discourse?
Discourse is the use of language both in written and spoken.
What is genre?
Genre refers to the type and structure of language typically used for a particular purpose
in a particular context.
What is relationship between
discourse and genre?
“Discourse analysis is genre analysis”
Text types Generic Structure
Language Features
Narrative •Orientation•Complication•Sequence of Events•Resolution•Coda
•Specific character•Time words•Words showing actions•Descriptive words
Recount •Orientation•Sequence of Events•Conclusion
•Past Tense•Proper nouns•Descriptive words
Procedures •Introduction•Sequences of steps
•Words showing order•Verb as command•Technical terms
Why should we use genre to analyze
discourse?
Discourse Genre
Unlimited Limitation
How do we analyze discourse through genre?
Analyzing discourse
Analyzing genre
Characteristics
Language features
Structures
Discourse is neither absolutely homogenous nor absolutely heterogeneous.