Genre and Text-Type: Putting Discourses Together

本論文分析大量學術性論文，針對「類型」（Genre）與「本文型態」（Text一Type）兩者之異同出初步研究發現“「類型」（包括說明與報告）在類別與認知過程互動上均具有其特定性，並展現其模式“其中，說明性類型與辯論性類型之首要差異在於後者具有極為強大之基礎與結論問之相互關係外，本論文也指出「本文形態」（包括學術性論文）與特定的宏觀模式相關，其中又可分為兩種學術文。一者，除提供資訊外，並著重詮釋；傾向於呈現普遍與特定之間（主題一規則一實例）的整構。二者，除提供資訊外，著重於問題解答；傾向於呈現問題解決模式的整體架構。

關鍵字

類型；本文形態

並列摘要

This article reports the preliminary findings of a research project involving the analysis of a large number of academic articles. It is proposed here that genres (such as explaining and reporting) can be related to particular types and interactions of cognitive process. They typically exhibit patterns of relationship that can be associated with these cognitive processes. Thus a primary difference between the explanation genre and the argument genre appears to relate to the preponderance of grounds-conclusion relationships in the latter. It is also proposed here that text-types (such as academic articles) can be related to particular types of macropattern. A primary difference between academic articles which report on information and emphasise explanation and academic articles which report on information and emphasise problem resolution is that the former tend to have an overall structure of General-Particular (Topic-Restriction-Illustration), whereas the latter tend to have an overall Problem-Solution structure.