Genre Patterns in Language-Based Communication Zones

Abstract

This article modifies and elaborates the language-based communication zones model. The authors distinguish between potential zones and activated zones, add MegaZone Two and MegaZone Three to the model, define language competency more completely and precisely, and identify three types of genre patterns (i.e., professional genre, commercial genre, and relational genre). Concentrating on the language patterns in the direct channels of language-based communication zones, they focus on determining the language competencies required to communicate directly in different communication situations and about different communication tasks. Professional, commercial, and relational genre patterns in Zone One, MegaZone Two, and MegaZone Three are identified and described. Researchbased examples are included to illustrate the genre patterns.Individuals who speak different national languages and possess varying levels of second-language competency exchange messages directly and indirectly in an increasingly fast-paced and expanding globalized communication environment. In this globalized environment, the messages cover a wide range of subject complexity (from the most simple to the most complex) and

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