Chapter 7
What is an essay?
Comparing the communicative text type and the register approach
Article outline
- 7.1Introduction
- 7.2Previous research on the communicative purpose and linguistic
characteristics of essays
- 7.3Corpus of study
- 7.4Summary of communicative text types in the register of essays
- 7.4.1Combinations of purposes in the register of essays in arts and humanities
- 7.4.2Combinations of purposes in the register of essays in social
sciences
- 7.4.3Combinations of purposes in the register of essays in life
sciences
- 7.4.4Combinations of purposes in the register of essays in physical
sciences
- 7.5Summary of textual characteristics in the register of essays
- 7.5.1Textual characteristics of essays in arts and humanities
- 7.5.2Textual characteristics of essays in social sciences
- 7.5.3Textual characteristics of essays in life sciences
- 7.5.4Textual characteristics of essays in physical sciences
- 7.6Summary of MD analysis results for the register of essays
- 7.6.1Dimension 1: Elaborated discourse vs condensed style
- 7.6.2Dimension 2: Production of possibility vs content-focused
description
- 7.6.3Dimension 3: Informational density vs involved, academic narrative
- 7.7Trends in the communicative purposes and linguistic characteristics of essays
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Notes
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