Genres and Genre Theory in Transition: Specialized Discourses Across Media and Modes

This volume features representative studies focusing on the evolution of text genres in corporate and professional communication. Genre change is explored in various contexts in light of the increasing importance of new media and the profound social changes that have occurred in the last few decades. Major theoretical issues are raised and discussed, highlighting the need to reconsider the repertoire of conventions traditionally identified in each specific genre, and to reassess and update the analytical tools used to investigate them, about three decades after the emergence of genre analysis.

Giuliana Garzone is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Milan, Italy. Her main field of investigation is specialized discourse in its different domains. She has co-ordinated research projects and published extensively on legal language, scientific discourse, business communication and political discourse. Her other research interests include translating and interpreting studies.