Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias : The Case of Wikipedia.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- 1. Genology as a study -- 1.1. Schools of genre analysis -- 1.2. Genre - characteristics of the concept -- 1.3. Genre evolution -- 1.4. Discourse and genre competence -- 1.4.1 Discourse competence -- 1.4.2 Generic competence -- 2. Genres on the web -- 2.1. Genre theory on the web -- 2.2. The concept of web genre -- 2.3. Genres on the web - taxonomy -- 2.4. Genre hybridization and individualization -- 2.5. Web genre evolution -- 3. Encyclopedia as a genre -- 3.1. Encyclopedia as a genre of information -- 3.2. Genre characteristics of an encyclopedia -- 3.2.1. Function -- 3.2.2. Content -- 3.2.2.1. Authorship -- 3.2.2.2. Scope -- 3.2.2.3. Adjuncts -- 3.2.3. Form -- 3.2.3.1. Density -- 3.2.3.2. Article structure -- 3.2.3.3. Classification -- 3.2.3.4. Cross-references -- 3.2.3.5. Discourse properties -- 4. Encyclopedias on the web -- 4.1. Online reference works -- 4.2. Typology of online encyclopedias -- 4.2.1. Reproduced encyclopedias -- 4.2.2. Adapted encyclopedias -- 4.2.2.1. Lower adapted encyclopedias -- 4.2.2.2 Advanced encyclopedias -- 4.3. Emergent encyclopedias -- 4.3.1. User-created portals -- 4.3.2. Resource pages -- 4.4. Emerging encyclopedias -- 5. Wikipedia as a genre -- 5.1. Wikipedia - introduction to the project -- 5.1.1. Wikipedia mechanism -- 5.1.2. Dimensions of the project -- 5.1.3. Legal issues -- 5.2. Wikipedia versus traditional encyclopedia -- 5.2.1. Function of Wikipedia -- 5.2.2. Content -- 5.2.2.1. Authorship -- 5.2.2.1.1. Wikipedia community -- 5.2.2.2. Scope -- 5.2.2.3. Adjuncts -- 5.2.2.4. Genre syncretism -- 5.2.3. Form -- 5.2.3.1. Density -- 5.2.3.2. Article structure -- 5.2.3.3. Classification -- 5.2.3.4. Cross-references -- 5.2.4. Functionality -- 5.2.5. Meeting the quality standards -- 6. Wikipedia discourse features.

6.1. The continuum of Wikientries -- 6.1.1. Conventional articles -- 6.1.2. Unconventional articles -- 6.1.2.1. Textual features -- 6.1.2.1.1. Textual organization - integration versus fragmentation -- 6.1.2.1.2. Heterogeneity -- 6.1.2.1.3. Precision and exemplification -- 6.1.2.1.4. Repetitiveness -- 6.1.2.1.5. Informality -- 6.1.2.1.6. Personalization -- 6.1.2.2. Syntactic features -- 6.1.2.2.1. Lack of nominalization -- 6.1.2.2.2. Activisation -- 6.1.2.2.3. Structure of sentences -- 6.1.2.2.4. Epanaphora -- 6.1.2.2.5. Informality -- 6.1.2.3. Lexical features -- 6.1.2.3.1. Authorial presence - subjectivity and interactivity -- 6.1.2.3.2. Informality -- 6.1.2.3.3. Terminology -- 6.1.2.3.4. Inverted commas -- 6.1.3. Anti-encyclopedic articles -- 6.1.3.1. Unintelligibility -- 6.1.3.2. Imprecision -- 6.1.3.3. Incoherence -- 6.1.3.4. Language mistakes -- 6.2. Wikidiscourse transformation areas -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Back cover.

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