ABSTRACT

Intertextuality has been variously defined, but no discussion of this concept should omit to mention the work of Kristeva or Bakhtin, who broadly see all discourses as intertextual in that they are in some way connected to prior or predicted texts. Intertextuality has been variously defined, but no discussion of this concept should omit to mention the work of Kristeva or Bakhtin, who broadly see all discourses as intertextual in that they are in some way connected to prior or predicted texts. Intertextuality can reveal itself in a number of ways in the workplace and Devitt has identified three different types that she terms referential, functional and generic. A common form of intertextual influence comes from the organisation itself, in the sense that there is usually a body of practice and of texts that writers can draw upon, consciously or otherwise, and which will shape the texts that are produced for a given purpose.