Conducting Genre-Based Research in Applied Linguistics

A Methodological Guide

Kessler, Matt (ed.)
Polio, Charlene (ed.)

This collection is a comprehensive resource on conducting research in applied linguistics involving written genres that is distinctive in its coverage of a multiplicity of interdisciplinary perspectives. The volume explores the central approaches, methodologies, analyses, and tools used in conducting genre-based research, extending the traditional focus on a single framework for defining genres by explicating the major approaches that have been invoked in applied linguistics.