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boundary guarding: a standalone construct

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Writing studies

the tendency of some first-year writers to hold onto familiar prior genres when facing new writing tasks, in contrast to boundary crossers who repurpose and adapt them.

In writing studies, boundary guarding refers to the tendency of some first-year writers to hold onto familiar prior genres when facing new writing tasks, in contrast to boundary crossers who repurpose and adapt them. This meaning comes from Reiff (2011) in Written Communication.[1]

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boundary4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructscontrast4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsprior3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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  1. Reiff, M. J., & Bawarshi, A. (2011). Tracing Discursive Resources: How Students Use Prior Genre Knowledge to Negotiate New Writing Contexts in First-Year Composition. Written Communication, 28(3), 312-337. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088311410183

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