The purpose of the paper aims at trying to define genre in general and particularly in describing specialized genres like digital genres in case of touristic websites. There are a lot of problems in order to get clear...
This study seeks to investigate the differences in the interaction of participants with texts while reading two literary sub-genres, i.e., short story and literary essays. To this end, 30 participants were asked to re...
This paper addresses the cultural specificity of Chinese written deferential and rude communication. By exploring expressions of (im)politeness in written discourse, the present study contributes not only to Chinese...
In Western societies, humour appears in many different communicative events, and is variedly expressed through words, pictures, sounds and body language. Humour is peculiar in that it is creative, compelling and cultu...
After a brief review of genre analysis in translation studies, this paper will focus on how this grounded genre analysis can be applied in the translation of professional discourse. Then it will discuss some implicati...