In this paper, we examine whether it is possible to effectively incorporate document genre features into document relevance ranking. First, a method for extracting ‘seriousness’ score of a document using canonical discriminant analysis applied to a sample of functional styles is proposed. Second, effects of aggregating genre-related and text relevance ranks are considered. Evaluation of the res...

A number of perennial doubts plague genre theory. Are genres really 'out there' in the world, or are they merely the constructions of analysts? Is there a finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite? Are genres timeless Platonic essences or ephemeral, time-bound entities? Are genres culturebound or transcultural?... Should genre analysis be descriptive or proscriptive? (Stam 200...

In this paper we present a cross-genre study on word order variation in Italian based on automatically dependency– parsed corpora. A comparative analysis focused on dependency direction and dependency distance for major constituents in the sentence is carried out in order to assess the influence of both textual genre and linguistic complexity on the distribution of phenonemena of syntactic mark...

The main purpose of the present quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effects of linear process versus genre-based approach on EFL learners’ written production. To this end, 40 learners of English at intermediate level were randomly selected as the participants of the study and assigned into two groups of experimental (process and genre) which received different types of instruction f...

The present study investigated the effect of single and multiple genre movies on listening comprehension of upper intermediate language learners. To this end, a language proficiency test was administered to 40 male and female postgraduates of different majors attending International English Language Testing System (IELTS) classes and ultimately 25 upper intermediate language learners were selec...

While media use becomes increasingly important in virtualized work contexts, traditional media choice theories exhibit a range of shortcomings with regard to practical application. The paper presents an approach for contextualizing media choice using genre analysis. In doing so, the communication of a team can be captured as a repertoire of genres and as such be made accessible for subsequent a...