Generic and linguistic analysis of English and Persian blurbs
Part of : Εφαρμοσμένη γλωσσολογία ; No.24, 2008, pages 79-106
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The concepts of genre and genre analysis have provided valid responses for various types of generic-oriented texts including blurbs which have been favored by authors due to their effective role in selling their books. The main purpose of this study was to identify discoursal patterns, linguistic features, and non-linguistic strategies between English and Persian applied linguistics and literature blurbs in order to locate disciplinary and interdisciplinary similarities and differences. To this end, 160 blurbs written in English and Persian (80 blurbs from each language) were selected and analyzed. The findings demonstrated that each of the two disciplines, despite their minor linguistic and non-linguistic similarities, constituted divergent rhetorical patterns which imply that their discourse communities hardly communicate with each other. This reveals that applied linguistics and literature blurbs are structurally different and have been formed and shaped for carrying out and meeting divergent needs.
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Περιέχει πίνακες, σημειώσεις και βιβλιογραφία
