DISCOURSE&

GENREArinda MitaAtikah Dewi

Belinda Hendra

PREVIEW

• Discourse is a group of sentences which link one proposition to another one and makes a coherent unit of the sentences.

• Genre is a directional, patterned, continuous, and purpose-oriented activity.

• Genre is a distinctive part of culture that has purpose and steps, as well as language features which has relationship to the purpose, steps, and the distinctive culture that the definitions should be interpretated by refering to the social and cultural context in which the context exists.

What is discourse?

Discourse is the use of language both in written and spoken.

What is genre?

Genre refers to the type and structure of language typically used for a particular purpose

in a particular context.

What is relationship between

discourse and genre?

“Discourse analysis is genre analysis”

Text types Generic Structure

Language Features

Narrative •Orientation•Complication•Sequence of Events•Resolution•Coda

•Specific character•Time words•Words showing actions•Descriptive words

Recount •Orientation•Sequence of Events•Conclusion

•Past Tense•Proper nouns•Descriptive words

Procedures •Introduction•Sequences of steps

•Words showing order•Verb as command•Technical terms

Why should we use genre to analyze

discourse?

Discourse Genre

Unlimited Limitation

How do we analyze discourse through genre?

Analyzing discourse

Analyzing genre

Characteristics

Language features

Structures

Discourse is neither absolutely homogenous nor absolutely heterogeneous.