The ‘culinary recipe’ genre has been investigated in a consistent number of synchronic and diachronic studies. Most of current research believes that they are now a stable genre, especially as regards their generic structure, despite the affordances offered by digital and social media. The present study seeks to address this perspective by comparing two sub-corpora of recipes from food blogs in English and in Italian. The study conducts a quantitative investigation on the generic structural features of the recipes using a version of Swales’ (2004) CARS Model adapted to the purpose. Results show that recipes in both languages show elements of innovation brought by the digital and social media, contradicting claims on the stability of the genre.
CULINARY RECIPES IN ENGLISH AND IN ITALIAN: AN UPDATE ON THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE GENRE BETWEEN STABILITY AND CHANGE
Daniela Cesiri
2024-01-01
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The ‘culinary recipe’ genre has been investigated in a consistent number of synchronic and diachronic studies. Most of current research believes that they are now a stable genre, especially as regards their generic structure, despite the affordances offered by digital and social media. The present study seeks to address this perspective by comparing two sub-corpora of recipes from food blogs in English and in Italian. The study conducts a quantitative investigation on the generic structural features of the recipes using a version of Swales’ (2004) CARS Model adapted to the purpose. Results show that recipes in both languages show elements of innovation brought by the digital and social media, contradicting claims on the stability of the genre.
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