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In: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. 93–118

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Chapter 4
The genre of exposition

Persuasive rhetoric of Japanese culture

Published online: 7 December 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.281.04san
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The analytical framework
    • 2.1Generic Structure Potential analysis
    • 2.2Transitivity
    • 2.3Attitude
    • 2.4Ellipsis
  • 3.Linguistic characteristics of persuasive texts
    • 3.1Generic Structure Potential
    • 3.2Lexicogrammar of nuclear meaning
      • 3.2.1Expressing nuclear meaning of Inducement: Invitation
      • 3.2.2Expressing nuclear meaning of Empathetic Construction: Relativisation
      • 3.2.3Expressing nuclear meaning of Position: Standpoint
  • 4.Conclusion: Culture and the ways of persuading
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes
  • References
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