The Genre of Tourist Leaflets

Authors

Ania Saorin Iborra
Miguel F. Ruiz Garrido

Publication Date

2001-12-01

Abstract

There have been many studies of Genre Analysis justifying the pedagogical implications of the Discourse Analysis system in the ESP classroom. Most of them have focused on research articles, medical texts, legislative documents and business correspondence, but little has been done about tourist texts. Based on the communicative purpose that several authors (Swales, 1990; Bhatia, 1993; Andersen, 1998) take as an essential criterion for defining a genre, we have selected 12 tourist leaflets to analyse their move structure. We have observed whether the stages of each text present a common order and content related to some specific intention for the reader. Accepting a specific structure for this type of text, we have studied some textual features observing if they fit the main communicative purpose of the genre.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.32.1.6

First Page

71

Last Page

81

Recommended Citation

Iborra, Ania Saorin and Ruiz Garrido, Miguel F. (2001) "The Genre of Tourist Leaflets," PASAA: Vol. 32: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.32.1.6
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol32/iss1/6