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Mapping Genres, Mapping Culture: Japanese texts in context
Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Motoki Sano and Helen de Silva Joyce
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 281] 2017
► pp. 119–136

Chapter 5
An analysis of Japanese news stories

Generic structure and semantic formation

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Types of Japanese newspapers and news stories
  • 3.The organisation of Japanese news stories: genre analysis
    • 3.1Nucleus: the Headline and Lead
    • 3.2Satellites: the body of news stories
  • 4.The inner organisation of stages: phase analysis
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 7 December 2017
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