Corpus genre categories
Issues at the intersection of linguistics and literature
This chapter highlights genre categorizations as a
pitfall at the intersection of corpus linguistics and literature and
problematizes the use of the genre category from the perspectives afforded
by both fields. The intention is for the paper to argue for a more explicit
communication of our genre categorization practices, and by doing so suggest
ways of avoiding miscommunication and confusion due to the genre term being
understood differently within different disciplines and backgrounds. The
conclusion is that the wider categorizations used, such as
novel or short story, are likely to be
the most practical, and that studies wanting to sub-categorize further using
the genre term should instead apply it according to their specific needs
accompanied by explicit discussion of the implementation.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Looking up from the pit
- 3.Text genre categorization in literature
- 4.Text genre categorization in linguistics
- 5.The genre category pitfall
- 6.Conclusion
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Notes
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