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.

مواضيع ذات صلة

Hypotactic

Homologation

Hierarchy

Heterotopic space

Hero

Hermeneutics

Helper

Having-to-do

Grammar

Glorifying test

Generative trajectory

Function