Research Genres Across Languages
Multilingual Communication Online

Essential reading for understanding genre innovation and evolution in relation to Web 2.0 technology and sociocultural diversity.

Carmen Pérez-Llantada (Author)

9781108834940, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 July 2021

300 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.52 kg

'… an excellent introduction to genre issues … One of the undeniable merits of the book is the consideration of multilingualism …' Dominique Dias, LINGUIST (linguistlist.org)

At present, Web 2.0 technologies are making traditional research genres evolve and form complex genre assemblage with other genres online. This book takes the perspective of genre analysis to provide a timely examination of professional and public communication of science. It gives an updated overview on the increasing diversification of genres for communicating scientific research today by reviewing relevant theories that contribute an understanding of genre evolution and innovation in Web 2.0. The book also offers a much-needed critical enquiry into the dynamics of languages for academic and research communication and reflects on current language-related issues such as academic Englishes, ELF lects, translanguaging, polylanguaging and the multilingualisation of science. Additionally, it complements the critical reflections with data from small-scale specialised corpora and exploratory survey research. The book also includes pedagogical orientations for teaching/training researchers in the STEMM disciplines and proposes several avenues for future enquiry into research genres across languages.

1. Research genres in context
2. Genre theories and metaphors
3. Science, genres and social action
4. Language diversity in genred activity
5. Genres and multiliteracies
6. Innovation and change in genre-based pedagogies
7. The way ahead.

Subject Areas: Communication studies [GTC], Computational linguistics [CFX], Linguistics [CF]