01363nas a2200193   4500008004100000245005300041210005200094260000900146300001200155490000600167520080900173653001800982653001301000653001701013653001301030653001101043100002801054856008701082       1996                        eng d00aRhetorical Organization of Chairmen's Statements0 aRhetorical Organization of Chairmens Statements  c1996  a43–630 v63 aJ. M. Swales's move-step approach (eg, 1981) to research article introductions is applied to the rhetorical organization of chairmen's statements in annual reports by British companies, drawing on 95 such documents obtained from 93 companies. The proposed relationships & confidence model suggests that these reports make three moves in their introductions: establishing relationships between the chairman, the company, & the readers; maintaining confidence; & reinforcing relationships already established. These moves are described as rhetorical strategies designed to achieve & enhance a particular image of the chairman & the company. It is suggested that the move-step method might be useful for raising the genre awareness of English for specific purpose (ESP) students & for improving ESP courses.10aannual report10abusiness10aintroduction10arhetoric10aSwales1 aSkulstad, Aud Solbjørd  uhttps://genreacrossborders.org/biblio/rhetorical-organization-chairmens-statements01780nas a2200193   4500008004100000245006900041210006500110260000900175300001200184490000700196520115800203653003501361653001901396653001701415653001601432653001801448100002801466856009201494       2005                        eng d00aThe Use of Metadiscourse in Introductory Sections of a New Genre0 aUse of Metadiscourse in Introductory Sections of a New Genre  c2005  a71–860 v153 aThis article examines the use of metadiscourse in introductory sections of the new (emerging) genre of environmental reports. This is contrasted with the chairman's statement in the established genre of corporate annual reports. The texts in both corpora were issued by British companies. Four categories of metadiscourse are analysed, using terminology from Mauranen (1993). The study indicates that metadiscourse may play a significant role in new genres. The study concludes that writers of the emerging genre of corporate environmental reports use metadiscourse to guide the readers. It also shows that the use of metadiscourse may have distinctly different functions in emerging genres compared to established ones. The categories action markers and previews (local and global) are particularly useful in the comparison of the textual practices of established and emerging genres. Whereas the use of previews in the new genre informs and directs the readers as to the aims and global functions of the documents, in established genres this category may mark a deviation from what the writer sees as the conventional rhetorical (Move–Step) pattern.10acorporate environmental report10aemerging genre10aintroduction10alinguistics10ametadiscourse1 aSkulstad, Aud Solbjørd  uhttps://genreacrossborders.org/biblio/use-metadiscourse-introductory-sections-new-genre