Genre as social action

19842,810 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Carolyn R. Miller · North Carolina State University

Abstract

This essay proposes a conception of genre based on conventionalized social motives which are found in recurrent situation‐types. The thesis is that genre must be conceived in terms of rhetorical action rather than substance or form.

Topics & Keywords

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Rhetoric and Communication Studies Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volume 70, Issue 2, pp. 151-167

DOI: 10.1080/00335638409383686

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