On Non-Native Speaker E-mail Communication from a Genre Perspective
On Non-Native Speaker E-mail Communication from a Genre Perspective
Author(s): Jan PikhartSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: genre; register; style; second-language writer
Summary/Abstract: The author has investigated a corpus of informal e-mail messages produced by upper-intermediate Czech learners of English. The method of analysis draws upon Biber and Conrad (2009) employing primarily a qualitative analysis as part of the author’s dissertation. First of all, the paper touches upon such descriptive terms as style, register, and genre. Secondly, the paper presents the results of an analysis of genre features including deviations. In the concluding part, the article outlines implications for practice.
Journal: Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
- Issue Year: 2/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-39
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English