Genre
المؤلف:
Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham
المصدر:
Dictionary of Semiotics
الجزء والصفحة:
P67
2025-06-01
869
Genre
Referring originally to different styles of literary discourse (sonnets, tragedies, romances etc.), the term genre has been widened to include all types of oral or written communication such as a casual conversation, a recipe, an advert or a political address. Different genres are characterized by a particular structure, by grammatical forms or special turns of phrases that reflect the communicative purpose of the genre in question. A sermon, for example, has its own distinctive characteristics that would differentiate it from a job interview, a shopping list or a mail-order catalogue. In this sense, the term genre has currently the same meaning as 'discourse type'.
The term gift describes a discursive figure relating to the communication of objects of value. It refers to a transformation resulting from an attribution (the acquiring of an object) or a renunciation (the deprivation of an object). In other words, as a consequence of a gift, the subject of state (S2) may:
be in possession of an object of value following the act of a subject of doing (SI) other than itself. This is known as transitive conjunction. Example: 'Peter gave Paul the ten-pound note he had found.'
deprive itself of an object of value. This act is known as reflexive disjunction. Example: 'Paul gave his life for his country.'
See also attribution.
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