ABSTRACT
Inthischapter,ourintentionistodiscriminatewhatMiller(1994)hasreferred toasthe"socialmotive"ofuniversitywriting,especiallyassigneduniversity writing.Fromtimetotime,wewillcallonsomedatafromtheworldofwork toputintobolderreliefsomeofthecharacteristicsofstudentgenres,butour goalhereistodiscusswhatiscentraltouniversitystudentdiscourse:itsguiding socialmotive.
