This paper investigates discourse features in the professional genre constructed in US Agreement to Mediate forms, appearing on the CADRE website. These forms are currently used in US states to settle disputes between schools and parents of children with disabilities. Drawing on the qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study identifies similarities and differences in the sample forms dealing with the same content and purpose by considering the language use in the genre. Findings suggest that there are similarities as well as slight differences in the discourse practices under scrutiny. The latter reflect how genre producers exploit agreement forms in line with individual responses to rhetorical actions in the conventionalized setting. It is thus argued that Agreement to Mediate forms provide an unstable notion of generic integrity in “the world of reality” (Bhatia 2004: 18).
Online US Agreement to Mediate Forms: Exploring Discursive and Generic Features
TESSUTO, Girolamo
2011
Abstract
This paper investigates discourse features in the professional genre constructed in US Agreement to Mediate forms, appearing on the CADRE website. These forms are currently used in US states to settle disputes between schools and parents of children with disabilities. Drawing on the qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study identifies similarities and differences in the sample forms dealing with the same content and purpose by considering the language use in the genre. Findings suggest that there are similarities as well as slight differences in the discourse practices under scrutiny. The latter reflect how genre producers exploit agreement forms in line with individual responses to rhetorical actions in the conventionalized setting. It is thus argued that Agreement to Mediate forms provide an unstable notion of generic integrity in “the world of reality” (Bhatia 2004: 18).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
