ABSTRACT
Brian Paltridge reviews the development of genre in the field of English for specific purposes (ESP), discussing its early origins, its relation with discourse analysis, and what came to be known as the Create a Research Space model in ESP genre studies. The British Academic Spoken English corpus includes recordings of conference presentations, lectures and seminars, interviews with academic staff, as well as tagged transcripts of some of the data. Ethnographically oriented research is becoming increasingly common in ESP studies as an approach alone, as well as in combination with other research approaches in order to gain a better and more contextualised understanding of ESP language use. R. Hincks' study examines speaking rate and content information in English as a lingua franca oral presentations in academic settings. Hyland K. has examined disciplinary identity in a range of academic areas, while Norton B. and Toohey K. focus on matters of identity from learners' perspectives.
