Analysing Genre: Language Use in Professional Settings

In his Analysing Genre: Language Use in Professional Settings (1993), Bhatia discusses at some length his continuing research into legal communities that use English and other languages (pp. 101-143). He identifies the various genres of the legal profession: their purposes, contexts, and the form and content that appear to be conventional. He also contrasts these genres as they are realized in texts from various cultures. (Johns, Ann. "Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice," p. 503 in WAW).

Bibliography (Legal Writing)

All of these are from the book

Matalene, Carolyn B. Worlds of Writing: Teaching and Learning in Discourse Communities of Work. New York: Random House, 1989.

In the Law the Text is King (Teresa Godwin Phelps)

To English Professors: On What to Do with a Lawyer (John Warnock)

Rhetoric and Bricolage: Theory and Its Limits in Legal and other Sorts of Discourse (James C. Raymond)

White, James Boyd, "The Invisible Discourse of the Law: Reflections on Legal
Literacy and General Education." In Literary for Life: The Demand for Read- ing and Writing, ed. RichardW. Bailey and Robin Melanie Fosheim, 137-50. New York: Modern Language Association, 1983.

White, James Boyd, "The Invisible Discourse of the Law: Reflections on Legal
Literacy and General Education." In Literary for Life: The Demand for Reading and Writing, ed. RichardW. Bailey and Robin Melanie Fosheim, 137-50. New York: Modern Language Association, 1983.

Bazerman, C. (1994). Systems of Genres and the Enactment of Social Intentions. In A. Freedman & P. Medway (Eds.), Genre and the New Rhetoric (pp. 79-100). London: Taylor and Francis.

Writing and the Law

Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:40:42 -0500
From: Katie Rose Guest Pryal <katierose.pryal@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: New Composition and Law Resource Listserv

This is an announcement for Writing in the Disciplines directors and for
instructors who specialize in Writing in the Disciplines / Law courses
or Writing for the Legal Profession courses. I've started a new listserv
as a resource for this new and thriving composition sub-discipline. I
invite all who are interested to join by following the URL below.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comp-law/join

In our online group space, we can store syllabi and assignment sequences
as a resource. I look forward to seeing new names on the list and
meeting my colleagues in this field from around the country.

Thanks.


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Katie Rose Guest Pryal, J.D., Ph.D.
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Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Phone: 919-321-1654
Fax: 919-321-2796
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Faculty Page: http://english.unc.edu/faculty/guestk.html
Online CV: http://katieroseguest.blogspot.com


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