体裁分析在英文求职信中的应用

The Application of "Genre Analysis" to Cover Letters

本文探讨了语篇分析中有关体裁的概念和体裁分析的特点,并运用体裁分析的方法对英文求职信进行具体的分析,不仅揭示出英文求职信的一般性交际特性和成因,还基于体裁分析中的'原型性'概念,揭示了具体的英文求职信既有英文求职信的一般性特性,又有自己的独特性和创造性.

The paper offers the concept of genre and explores the characteristics of 'genre analysis' in the discourse analysis. The method of 'genre analysis' is applied to the practical analysis of cover lettersone of the business discourse. This practical analysis reveals the common communicative features of cover letters, which are determined by their communicative purposes. In addition, based on the prototypicality of the 'genre analysis', the paper analyses the common communicative features of a cover letter and its own originality.