The DOI matches its Crossref record; 52 of the 52 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Genre as social action
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.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Language use varies in relation to situational factors such as audience and purpose (19, 20); by including multiple genres, we aimed to capture a diverse range of language production.”
From Do LLMs write like humans? Variation in grammatical and rhetorical styles (2025) · cites this paper as [20]
Citations
Cites
Searle, J. R. (1969) · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139173438 · Cited by 11,718
Language as social semiotic : the social interpretation of language and meaning
Halliday, M. A. K. (1978) · Cited by 5,776
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science
Feigl, H., & Scriven, M. S. (1956) · Cited by 4,420
Burke, K. (1969) · doi:10.1525/9780520341715 · Cited by 3,655
Frye, N. (1957) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1515/9781400866908 · Cited by 3,579
Duncan, H. D. (2017) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781315080925-15 · Cited by 2,067
Burke, K. (1969) · doi:10.1525/9780520353237 · Cited by 1,723
The Structures of the Life-World
Schütz, A. (1973) · Cited by 1,530
Collected Papers I. The Problem of Social Reality
Schütz, A. (1974) · Cited by 1,509
Bitzer, L. F. (1968) · Philosophy and Rhetoric · Cited by 1,405
Research works printed but not linked: 6
- Brooks , Cleanth and Warren , Robert Penn . 1979 . Modern Rhetoric, , 4th ed. , 40 New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich .
- 1980 . Macrostructures , Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
- Bitzer , Lloyd F. 1980 . “Functional Communication: A Situational Perspective” . In Rhetoric in Transition , Edited by: White , Eugene E. University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press .
- Burke , Kenneth . 1965 . Permanance and Change , 35 Indianapolis, IN : Bobbs‐Merrill .
- Burke , Kenneth . 1968 . Counter‐Statement , 124 Berkeley : University of California Press .
- Downey , Sharon D. 1982 . “The Evolution of Rhetorical Genres” . Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association . 1982 , Louisville, Kentucky.
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 901–1,000 of 1,003
Pype, K. (2015) · Africa · doi:10.1017/s0001972015000224 · Cited by 13
The Use of Genre Theory for Improving Writing Proficiency Skills in Explanations
de Alicante, U., & Lirola, M. M. (2015) · Íkala Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura · doi:10.17533/udea.ikala.v20n2a04 · Cited by 13
Inventing Metagenres: How Four College Seniors Connect Writing Across Domains
Lindenman, H. (2015) · Composition Forum · Cited by 13
Networks, Genres, and Complex Wholes: Citizen Science and How We Act Together through Typified Text
Kelly, A. R., & Maddalena, K. (2016) · Canadian Journal of Communication · doi:10.22230/cjc.2016v41n2a3043 · Cited by 13
Addressing Genre in the Writing Center
Clark, I. L. (1999) · The Writing center journal · doi:10.7771/2832-9414.1437 · Cited by 13
Beyond Rules and Mechanics: A Different Approach for Ludology
Vargas-Iglesias, J. J., & Navarrete-Cardero, L. (2019) · Games and Culture · doi:10.1177/1555412018822937 · Cited by 13
Telecollaboration and genres: a new perspective to understand language learning
Rampazzo, L., & Aranha, S. (2019) · Journal of virtual exchange · doi:10.21827/jve.2.35637 · Cited by 13
Language Use in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Investigation into the Genre of Workplace Emails
AlAfnan, M. A. (2015) · International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies · doi:10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.3n.1p.1 · Cited by 13
Rethinking historical genres in the twenty-first century
Aurell, J. (2015) · Rethinking History · doi:10.1080/13642529.2014.983706 · Cited by 13
Audience and Authority in the Professional Writing of Teacher-Authors
Whitney, A. E., Dawson, C. M., Anderson, K., Kang, S., Rios, E. O., Olcese, N., & Ridgeman, M. (2012) · Research in the Teaching of English · doi:10.58680/rte201219763 · Cited by 13
Methods and Measures for the Analysis of Corporate Wikis: A Case Study
Blaschke, S., & Stein, K. (2008) · Cited by 13
A categorization scheme for software engineering conference papers and its application
Bertolino, A., Calabrò, A., Lonetti, F., Marchetti, E., & Miranda, B. (2017) · Journal of Systems and Software · doi:10.1016/j.jss.2017.11.048 · Cited by 17
Teaching Writing for the Health Professions: Disciplinary Intersections and Pedagogical Practice
Kenzie, D., & McCall, M. (2017) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1080/10572252.2017.1402573 · Cited by 13
Building a document genre corpus: a profile of the KRYS I corpus
Berninger, V. F., Kim, Y., & Ross, S. (2008) · Electronic workshops in computing · doi:10.14236/ewic/irsg2008.2 · Cited by 13
Therapeutic Discourse and Socratic Dialogue: A Cultural Critique.
Littlewood, R., & Maranhão, T. (1988) · Man · doi:10.2307/2802858 · Cited by 13
Writing What You Read: Narrative Assessment as a Learning Event
Wolf, S. A., & Gearhart, M. (1994) · Language Arts · doi:10.58680/la199425221 · Cited by 13
"It is only colour that you want": Lady Audley's Secret and Cosmetics as Discursive Fantasy
Kling, R. (2017) · Victorian periodicals review · doi:10.1353/vpr.2017.0041 · Cited by 12
Oakley, C. (2018) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-018-0142-4 · Cited by 12
Analyzing Safety Communication in Industrial Contexts
Digmayer, C., & Jakobs, E.-M. (2021) · Journal of Technical Writing and Communication · doi:10.1177/00472816211014126 · Cited by 12
Bazerman, C. (2023) · Literatura y lingüística · doi:10.29344/0717621x.46.3156 · Cited by 12
Conflicting representations in business and media texts: The case of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc
McLaren-Hankin, Y. (2007) · Journal of Pragmatics · doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2007.01.009 · Cited by 12
Writing competitive research conference abstracts: AMEE Guide no. 108
Varpio, L., Amiel, J. M., & Richards, B. F. (2016) · Medical Teacher · doi:10.1080/0142159x.2016.1211258 · Cited by 12
Malone, E. A., & Wright, D. (2017) · Journal of Business and Technical Communication · doi:10.1177/1050651917729861 · Cited by 12
Bivens, K. M., Cole, K. K., & Heilig, L. (2019) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1080/10572252.2019.1635211 · Cited by 12
The Anti-corruption Discourse of China: Cracking down on “Tigers”
Tian, Y. (2020) · Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences · doi:10.1007/s40647-020-00303-5 · Cited by 12
The semiotics of family in Kazakh wedding toasts from the perspective of intercultural communication
Temirgazina, Z. K., Rakhimzhanov, K. K., Akosheva, M. K., Luczyk, M., Кулумжанов, Н., Shaharman, A., & Zyuldubayeva, R. (2022) · Metaphor and the Social World · doi:10.1075/msw.19019.tem · Cited by 12
Mölder, M., & Berg, E. (2022) · Europe Asia Studies · doi:10.1080/09668136.2022.2069677 · Cited by 12
International genre, local flavour: Analysis of PetroChina's Sustainability Report
Bhatia, A. (2013) · Revista signos · doi:10.4067/s0718-09342013000300002 · Cited by 12
Emergent Genres in Young Disciplines: The Case of Ethnological Science
Henze, B. R. (2004) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1207/s15427625tcq1304_3 · Cited by 12
Aligning trends in mainstream media and data visualization with teaching practice
Chong, A. (2012) · IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm) · doi:10.1109/ipcc.2012.6408633 · Cited by 12
Walsh, L. (2009) · Written Communication · doi:10.1177/0741088309332898 · Cited by 12
Communication as Professional Practice: Designing Assignments to Develop Engineering Professionals
Paretti, M. (2005) · Cited by 12
Iranian ISI and Non-ISI Medical Research Articles in English: A Comparative ESP/EAP Move Analysis*
Rezaee, A. A., & Sayfouri, N. (2009) · Cited by 12
Dryer, D. B. (2016) · Utah State University Press eBooks · doi:10.7330/9781607324430.c008 · Cited by 13
Capturing and Analyzing Social Media Composite Content: The Instagram Selfie
Eagar, T., & Dann, S. (2016) · Research in consumer behavior · doi:10.1108/s0885-211120160000018016 · Cited by 12
Rodrigue, T. K. (2017) · Pedagogy Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature Language Composition and Culture · doi:10.1215/15314200-3770133 · Cited by 12
Threshold Concepts in Digital Storytelling: Naming What We Know About Storywork
Hessler, B., & Lambert, J. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51058-3_3 · Cited by 12
Peer-to-peer word-of-mouth: word-of-mouth extended to group online exchange
Alon, A. T., & Brunel, F. F. (2018) · Online Information Review · doi:10.1108/oir-09-2016-0290 · Cited by 12
Björkvall, A. (2017) · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) · doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.36180.60804 · Cited by 12
Placing Writing Tasks in Local and Global Contexts: The Case of Argumentative Writing
Ringler, H. (2018) · The Journal of Writing Analytics · doi:10.37514/jwa-j.2018.2.1.03 · Cited by 12
Curators, words and values: the branding economies of curatorial statements in art biennials
Kompatsiaris, P. (2020) · Journal of Cultural Economy · doi:10.1080/17530350.2020.1716825 · Cited by 12
“A Life Lived”: Collective Memory and White Racial Framing in Digital Opioid Overdose Obituaries
Revier, K. (2020) · Contemporary Drug Problems · doi:10.1177/0091450920944238 · Cited by 12
Chen, H., & Chen, J. (2021) · SAGE Open · doi:10.1177/21582440211061342 · Cited by 13
A case for historical "wide-angle" genre analysis: A personal retrospective
Berkenkotter, C. (2009) · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · Cited by 12
Genre and Technical Translation
Eubanks, P. (1998) · Journal of Business and Technical Communication · doi:10.1177/1050651998012001003 · Cited by 12
Radioactive Waste and Technical Doubts: Genre and Environmental Opposition to Nuclear Waste Sites
Tillery, D. (2003) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1207/s15427625tcq1204_4 · Cited by 12
Power dynamics and legal English
Frade, C. (2007) · World Englishes · doi:10.1111/j.1467-971x.2007.00487.x · Cited by 12
Zachry, M. R. (2001) · Journal of Technical Writing and Communication · doi:10.2190/c8tf-tbav-fh8u-uu9k · Cited by 12
Citation Problems of Chinese MA Theses and Pedagogical Implications
Sun, Y. (2008) · Cited by 12
Situated Learning in Acquisition of a Workplace Genre
Parkinson, J., Mackay, J., & Demecheleer, M. (2017) · Vocations and Learning · doi:10.1007/s12186-017-9191-x · Cited by 14
Morrison, A., Dagny Stuedahl, B., Mörtberg, C., Wagner, I., Liestøl, G., & Bratteteig, T. (2010) · Computer supported cooperative work · doi:10.1007/978-1-84996-223-0_3 · Cited by 12
Exclusionary Epideictic: NOVA's Narrative Excommunication of Fleischmann and Pons
Sullivan, D. L. (1994) · Science Technology & Human Values · doi:10.1177/016224399401900302 · Cited by 12
DEEDS DONE IN DIFFERENT WORDS: A GENRE-BASED APPROACH TO THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DISCOURSE
Neville-Shepard, R. (2011) · KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas) · Cited by 12
Emerging Genres in New Media Environments
Hinson, K. (2018) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1080/10572252.2018.1521644 · Cited by 12
Documentary genre and digital recordkeeping: red herring or a way forward?
Oliver, G., Kim, Y., & Ross, S. (2008) · Archives and Museum Informatics · doi:10.1007/s10502-009-9090-5 · Cited by 11
Majdik, Z. P., & Wynn, J. (2022) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1080/10572252.2022.2077452 · Cited by 12
Thaksanan, P., & Chaturongakul, P. (2023) · Arab World English Journal · doi:10.24093/awej/vol14no2.21 · Cited by 11
Exigence at the Dawn of Recommendation Media: Dramatizing Salience in Audio Memes
Roderick, N. (2023) · Rhetoric Society Quarterly · doi:10.1080/02773945.2023.2251454 · Cited by 11
Giovanni Parodi, S. (2012) · RLA. Revista de lingüística teórica y aplicada · doi:10.4067/s0718-48832012000200005 · Cited by 11
Balzotti, J., & Rawlins, J. D. (2016) · IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication · doi:10.1109/tpc.2016.2561082 · Cited by 11
Alon, A. T., & Brunel, F. F. (2007) · Research in consumer behavior · doi:10.1016/s0885-2111(06)11015-7 · Cited by 11
“You Do It!”: Going-to-Bed Books and the Scripts of Children's Literature
Bernstein, R. (2020) · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America · doi:10.1632/pmla.2020.135.5.877 · Cited by 11
Critical review of literature: The case of the news and views genre
Yin, Z., & Parkinson, J. (2021) · Journal of English for Academic Purposes · doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2021.100972 · Cited by 11
Fa‘avae, D. T. M. (2021) · The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado eBooks · doi:10.37514/int-b.2021.1343.2.08 · Cited by 12
Gelir, İ. (2022) · International Journal of Early Years Education · doi:10.1080/09669760.2022.2037077 · Cited by 11
Discourse Analysis and Digital Surveillance
Jones, R. H. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108348195.033 · Cited by 12
Generic Patterns in Application Letters: the Context of Pakistan
Khan, A., & Tin, T. B. (2012) · RELC Journal · doi:10.1177/0033688212463277 · Cited by 11
Accessibility and Order: Crossing Borders in Child Abuse Forensic Reports
Spafford, M. M., Schryer, C. F., Lingard, L. A., & Mian, M. (2010) · Technical Communication Quarterly · doi:10.1080/10572250903559324 · Cited by 11
Resche, C. (2010) · E-rea · doi:10.4000/erea.1365 · Cited by 11
Utterance and Function in Genre Studies: A Literary Perspective
Auken, S. (2015) · Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks · doi:10.1108/s2055-537720140000011009 · Cited by 11
The emergence and nature of genres – a social-dynamic account
Østergaard, S., & Bundgaard, P. F. (2015) · Cognitive Semiotics · doi:10.1515/cogsem-2015-0007 · Cited by 11
Framing Wearing: Genre, Embodiment, and Exploring Wearable Technology in the Composition Classroom
Wood, S. A. (2018) · Computers & composition/Computers and composition · doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2018.07.004 · Cited by 11
Changing the Face of the Opioid Epidemic: A Generic Rhetorical Analysis of Addiction Obituaries
Cole, K. L., & Carmon, A. F. (2019) · Rhetoric of Health & Medicine · doi:10.5744/rhm.2019.1014 · Cited by 11
Situating Discourse Analysis in Ethnographic and Sociopolitical Context
Roth‐Gordon, J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108348195.003 · Cited by 13
A corpus-based study of genre specific discourse: M.A. TEFL thesis abstracts
Aziz, A., Mahmood, M. A., Aḥmad, M. M., & Akbar, N. (2021) · Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies · doi:10.17263/jlls.904084 · Cited by 11
A cross-cultural analysis of English and Chinese business faxes: A genre perspective
Zhu, Y. (2013) · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · Cited by 11
Enacting Criticality in Corporate Disclosure Communication
Bruce, I. (2014) · International Journal of Business Communication · doi:10.1177/2329488414525441 · Cited by 11
Queeringthe Language of the Heart: Romantic Letters, Genre Instruction, and Rhetorical Practice
VanHaitsma, P. (2014) · Rhetoric Society Quarterly · doi:10.1080/02773945.2013.861009 · Cited by 11
How Rhetorical Theories of Genre Address Common Core Writing Standards
Collin, R. (2013) · Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy · doi:10.1002/jaal.221 · Cited by 11
Coxhead's AWL Across ESP and Asian EFL Journal Research Articles (RAs): A Corpus-based Lexical Study
Shabani, M. B., & Tazik, K. (2014) · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.599 · Cited by 11
Gomez, E. A., & Elliot, N. (2012) · IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication · doi:10.1109/tpc.2012.2208394 · Cited by 13
Symposium article: Simulation-based L2 writing instruction: Enhancement through genre analysis
Cheng, A. (2007) · Simulation & Gaming · doi:10.1177/1046878106297879 · Cited by 11
The information of story: the genre and information activities of ultrarunning race reports
Gorichanaz, T. (2017) · Aslib Journal of Information Management · doi:10.1108/ajim-03-2017-0071 · Cited by 11
Bengtsson, M. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61618-6_6 · Cited by 11
Applying the ‘Social Turn’ in writing scholarship to perspectives on writing self-efficacy
Mitchell, K. M., McMillan, D. E., & Lobchuk, M. (2019) · Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education · doi:10.47408/jldhe.v0i15.512 · Cited by 11
Combining Genres: How Practice Matters
Østerlund, C. S. (2006) · Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) · doi:10.1109/hicss.2006.88 · Cited by 11
Kubler, C. C. (2002) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511606465.006 · Cited by 11
Disciplinary writing: A case study of Hong Kong undergraduates undertaking their writing tasks
Yiu, R. H. H. (2009) · Figshare · Cited by 11
Discourse of 'distortion' and health and medical news reports: a genre analysis perspective
Suhardja, I. (2009) · ERA · Cited by 11
Corona, I. (2006) · Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses · doi:10.14198/raei.2006.19.05 · Cited by 11
Gandana, I. S. S. (2017) · Figshare · doi:10.4225/03/58ae31ad9d53c · Cited by 11
Literacy, economy, and power: writing and research after Literacy in American lives
(2014) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.52-0979 · Cited by 11
David and Hattushili III: The Impact of Genre and a Response to J. Randall Short
Knapp, A. (2013) · Vetus Testamentum · doi:10.1163/15685330-12341109 · Cited by 10
Teaching for Transfer to First-Year L2 Writers
Cui, W. (2019) · Journal of International Students · doi:10.32674/jis.v9i4.755 · Cited by 10
Poole, F. J., & Polio, C. G. (2023) · TASK Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning · doi:10.1075/task.00022.poo · Cited by 11
Wang, J. (2024) · Journal of Technical Writing and Communication · doi:10.1177/00472816241260033 · Cited by 11
Anderson, K. A. (2025) · Journal of English for Academic Purposes · doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2025.101483 · Cited by 10
Posthumanism and Its Implications for Discourse Studies
Lamb, G., & Higgins, C. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108348195.017 · Cited by 11
Internet-Mediated Genre Studies: An Integrative Literature Review (2005–2019)
Shi, X., Carliner, S., & Wan, W. (2020) · IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication · doi:10.1109/tpc.2020.3029696 · Cited by 10
Chsherbakov, A., Goodman, B. A., & Kapashev, D. (2022) · Journal of Second Language Writing · doi:10.1016/j.jslw.2022.100872 · Cited by 10
Metadata
- Authors
- Miller, C. R.
- Affiliations
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Miller, Carolyn R.
- ORCID
- Miller, Carolyn R.
- Venue
- Quarterly Journal of Speech
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1984-05
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-167
- ISSN
- 0033-5630 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-5779
- OpenAlex
- W2037193028
- Cited by
- 2,907
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 90 · 2025: 91 · 2024: 92 · 2023: 116 · 2022: 140 · 2021: 122 · 2020: 180 · 2019: 121 · 2018: 133 · 2017: 152 · 2016: 144 · 2015: 166 · 2014: 171 · 2013: 116 · 2012: 129
- FWCI
- 20.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Quarterly Journal of Speech (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Social Sciences › Communication › Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Keywords
- genre, social motives, situation types, rhetorical action, genre theory, social action
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review