%0 Journal Article %1 miller1984genre %A Miller, Carolyn R. %D 1984 %J Quarterly Journal of Speech %K ABMM52 genre-theory rhetorics %N 2 %P 151-167 %R 10.1080/00335638409383686 %T Genre as social action %V 70 %X This essay proposes a conception of genre based on conventionalized social motives which are found in recurrent situation‐types. The thesis is that genre must be conceived in terms of rhetorical action rather than substance or form.

@article{miller1984genre, abstract = {This essay proposes a conception of genre based on conventionalized social motives which are found in recurrent situation‐types. The thesis is that genre must be conceived in terms of rhetorical action rather than substance or form.}, added-at = {2012-04-28T22:52:02.000+0200}, author = {Miller, Carolyn R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a591a4e15eaba921248b4fa1b677230e/oeoe}, doi = {10.1080/00335638409383686}, interhash = {b295f1b37a6866f9a7e7ad6a51cf69f8}, intrahash = {a591a4e15eaba921248b4fa1b677230e}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of Speech}, keywords = {ABMM52 genre-theory rhetorics}, month = may, number = 2, pages = {151-167}, timestamp = {2012-04-28T22:52:02.000+0200}, title = {Genre as social action}, volume = 70, year = 1984 }