Re: Genre versus register

Rachel Heckert (heckertkrs who-is-at juno.com)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 03:21:57 -0400

I'm curious about this subject too, and would like to get in on any
forthcoming explanations (with an additional request: what is a good
working definition of "register?")

Rachel Heckert

>In any case, we keep running aground on an apparent dispute between Jim
Martin's >group and another group which seems to be represented by R.
Hasan. The issue >seems to be whether genre is a distinct level of
analysis separate from register >(Martin), or whether genre is merely an
expression of register (Hasan).
>
>--glenn

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