Re: Discourse structures

Charles Nelson (c.nelson who-is-at mail.utexas.edu)
Sat, 10 Jan 1998 10:08:57 -0600

Carol,

I am interested in genres of FTF and written L2 communication, both
academic and nonacademic--especially nonacademic, written L2
communication--and would appreciate your listing a few good sources.

Charles Nelson
c.nelson who-is-at mail.utexas.edu

>Greg,
>Perhaps the most useful book for understanding face to face communicative
>genres (in activity structures) within academic disciplines still is Jay
>Lemke's _Talking Science: Language Learning and Values_, 1990 Ablex.
>There are some other general introductory books on the subject including
>Green and Wallat's _Ethnography and language in Educational Settings_, 1981
>and L.C. Wilkinson's (1982) Communicating in the Classroom.
>
>There are quite a few books and articles on _written_ genres of graduate
>and undergraduate education coming from a number of different fields.
>Recently there are a number of collections in the field of English for
>Academic Purposes (L2 English) If you are interested in this material, let
>me know-- I'll add some titles to Chuck Bazerman's list But my sense is
>that you are mainly interested in FTF communicative genres.
>
>
>Carol Berkenkotter
>