This manual provides comprehensive information for the Register, Genre, and Style text analysis framework. Developed by Douglas Biber and Susan Conrad, this resource, published by Cambridge University Press, delves into methodological techniques for analyzing English texts. It introduces three analytical approaches—register, genre, and style—offering detailed descriptions of various text varieties, from spoken conversations and service encounters to written academic prose and emerging electronic communications. The book is designed to equip readers with the tools to understand and dissect different forms of written and spoken language.
The purpose of this manual is to guide users through the intricacies of text analysis, with a primary focus on registers. It outlines an analytical framework in Part 1, provides detailed descriptions of specific text varieties in Part 2, and introduces advanced analytical approaches using corpora in Part 3. Each chapter concludes with activities designed for reflection, review, and practical application, including larger project ideas. This resource is intended for students and researchers interested in linguistics, sociolinguistics, and the systematic study of language use.
This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the methodological techniques used to analyse them. Three analytical approaches are introduced and compared, describing a wide range of texts from the perspectives of register, genre and style. The primary focus of the book is on the analysis of registers. Part 1 introduces an analytical framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles. Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of particular text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal varieties (conversation, university office hours, service encounters), written varieties (newspapers, academic prose, fiction), and emerging electronic varieties (e-mail, internet forums, text messages). Finally, Part 3 introduces advanced analytical approaches using corpora, and discusses theoretical concerns, such as the place of register studies in linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. Each chapter ends with three types of activities: reflection and review activities, analysis activities, and larger project ideas.
Author: Biber, Douglas
Author: Conrad, Susan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Register, Genre, and Style
Pages: 00354 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-10-29
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521860604
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the methodological techniques used to analyse them. Three analytical approaches are introduced and compared, describing a wide range of texts from the perspectives of register, genre and style. The primary focus of the book is on the analysis of registers. Part 1 introduces an analytical framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles. Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of particular text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal varieties (conversation, university office hours, service encounters), written varieties (newspapers, academic prose, fiction), and emerging electronic varieties (e-mail, internet forums, text messages). Finally, Part 3 introduces advanced analytical approaches using corpora, and discusses theoretical concerns, such as the place of register studies in linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. Each chapter ends with three types of activities: reflection and review activities, analysis activities, and larger project ideas.
Author: Biber, Douglas
Author: Conrad, Susan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Register, Genre, and Style
Pages: 00354 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-10-29
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521860604
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
