Register, Genre, and Style (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Douglas Biber

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

by Douglas Biber

This book describes the most important kinds of texts in English and introduces the methodological techniques used to analyse them. Three analytical approaches are introduced and compared, describing a wide range of texts from the perspectives of register, genre and style. The primary focus of the book is on the analysis of registers. Part 1 introduces an analytical framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles. Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of particular text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal varieties (conversation, university office hours, service encounters), written varieties (newspapers, academic prose, fiction), and emerging electronic varieties (e-mail, internet forums, text messages). Finally, Part 3 introduces advanced analytical approaches using corpora, and discusses theoretical concerns, such as the place of register studies in linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. Each chapter ends with three types of reflection and review activities, analysis activities, and larger project ideas.

Genres: Linguistics, Research

Unknown Binding

First published October 29, 2009

About the author

Douglas Biber: Regents’ Professor in the Applied Linguistics Program (English Department) at Northern Arizona University.

Reviews

[aisha]

for class

[Nicole Shafer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great in that Biber wrote a text that was easy for non-linguists like me to follow and understand. Definitely a lot of interesting stuff in this text if you're interested in the subject of linguistics.

[junia]

"Relatively unboring" - Christina Dobbs

[Ashley]

Read for APLING 601 - very helpful in writing my big paper that semester