Brian Paltridge
List of John Benjamins publications in which Brian Paltridge is involved.
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ISSN 2590-0994 | E‑ISSN 2590‑1001
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Genre, Frames and Writing in Research Settings
Brian Paltridge
This book presents a perspective on genre based on what it is that leads users of a language to recognise a communicative event as an instance of a particular genre. Key notions in this perspective are those of prototype, inheritance, and intertextuality; that is, the extent to which a text is… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 45] 1997. x, 192 pp.
2020 Engagement and reviewers’ reports on submissions to academic journals Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 1:1, pp. 4–27 | Article
This paper examines the use of engagement strategies in reviewers’ reports on submissions to academic journals. The data examined are reviewers’ reports on submissions to the journal English for Specific Purposes. The study found that the reviewers used directives as their main engagement… read more
2014 What motivates Applied Linguistics research? Research methods and approaches in Applied Linguistics: Looking back and moving forward, Manchón, Rosa M. (ed.), pp. 98–104 | Article
2011 Chapter 13. Genre, performance and Sex and the City Telecinematic Discourse: Approaches to the language of films and television series, Piazza, Roberta, Monika Bednarek and Fabio Rossi (eds.), pp. 249–262 | Article
This chapter explores the television series Sex and the City from a cultural studies perspective, and, in particular, through the notions of genre (Miller 1984) and performance (Butler 1990). It considers the ways in which the lead characters, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, construct… read more
2001 Aids awareness and discourse interpretation: The travel safe campaign Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 24:1, pp. 75–92 | Article
This paper describes a study which examines how people interpret the safe sex messages presented in posters distributed throughout Australian airports as part of the government’s Travel Safe AIDS awareness campaign. The subjects who participated in the study were all under 25 years old, one of the… read more