Naslov
Written Workplace Genres: Culture Variations

Autori
Matic-Ivusic, Tereza ; Batos, Silvija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, pp prezentacija, stručni

Skup
24 th IATEFL BESIG Annual Conference 2011

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 18.11.2011. - 20.11.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
written workplace genres, letters, memos, reports, email

Sažetak
The business letter is the traditional mode of written communication in the world of work. But nowadays the fax, and more recently email, have taken over as the most common form of exchanging written messages. The obvious advantage of fax and email is that the exchange of messages is almost instantaneous. However this does not mean that the business letter has become obsolete. Business letters are still preferred for certain types of correspondence.We will explain a series of letters and emails from the world of publishing. The characteristics of business letters, faxes and emails give us an interesting insight into how genres evolve to meet the changing demands of the discourse community. Whereas business letters represent a stable genre with well-established structural and stylistic conventions, faxes and especially email are still evolving and thus subject to more variation and instability.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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