Self-improvement books: A genre analysis

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Self-improvement books: A genre analysis

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The aim of the thesis is to explore the characteristics of self-improvement books as a genre. Although self-improvement books are a widely read genre, particularly in the Western world, none to my knowledge has examined the linguistic features of this genre in detail.   The thesis draws on the three main schools of genre theory: English for Specific Purposes, Systemic Functional Linguistics, and the New Rhetoric, and begins by investigating the sections (e.g., acknowledgement, introduction ch...

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Doctoral

Date created

2015

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Koay, Dong Liang

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Self-improvement_books_A_genre_analysis/17012774

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Applied linguistics and educational linguistics / Discourse and pragmatics / Self-improvement books / Genre analysis / Register analysis / Move analysis / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / Discourse and Pragmatics / Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Applied Linguistics / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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