![]() Part genre is a term used by Swales and Feak (2009). In the following part, I will discuss the terms part genre and genre from the perspective of research article abstracts. However, there are still arguments if abstracts can be accepted as genre in their own right or whether they are sub-genre of the research article. Smaller parts within a genre have been generally seen as sub-genre or part-genre. However, abstracts which are seen as a part of research articles have been a problematic case in genre analysis. Research articles are also recognised as genre as they constitute a complete unit with their own conventions. Genre analysts have identified many types of academic discourse as genre such as book reviews, reports, notes to the editor, proposals, case studies, theses, etc. In this blog post, I will discuss the term ‘genre’ in academic discourse, focusing on research article abstracts in particular. More specialised definitions also exist in different types of discourse. ![]() Genre is defined here as “a particular type of art, writing, music etc, which has certain features that all examples of this type share”. One of these definitions is found in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. There are general definitions of genre which account for its uses in any kind of registers. We come across film genres, music genres, and literary genres, etc. In our daily life, we hear the term ‘genre’ used in different contexts. ![]()
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