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genre as social action: a standalone construct

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Rhetoric

the view that a genre is a typified response to a recurring social situation, defined by the action it performs rather than by its form or content.

In rhetoric, genre as social action refers to the view that a genre is a typified response to a recurring social situation, defined by the action it performs rather than by its form or content. This meaning comes from Miller (1984) in Quarterly Journal of Speech.[1]

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genre3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs action3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs form4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Miller, C. R. (1984). Genre as social action. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 70(2), 151-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335638409383686

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