Questão de Língua Inglesa

The notion of speech genres is very popular in the current language teaching studies. Regarding that topic, observe this fragment that presents the following definition: All the diverse areas of human activity involve the use of language. Quite understandably, the nature and forms of this use are just as diverse as are the areas of human activity. This, of course, in no way disaffirms the national unity of language. Language is realized in the form of individual concrete utterances (oral and written) by participants in the various areas of human activity. These utterances reflect the specific conditions and goals of each such area not only through their content (thematic) and linguistic style, that is, the selection of the lexical, phraseological, and grammatical resources of the language, but above all through their compositional structure. All three of these aspects – thematic content, style, and compositional structure – are inseparably linked to the whole of the utterance and are equally determined by the specific nature of the particular sphere of communication. Each separate utterance is individual, of course, but each sphere in which language is used develops its own relatively stable types of these utterances. These we may call speech genres. Source: BAKHTIN, M. The problem of Speech Genres. In: JACKSON, V; PRINS, Y. The Lyric Theory Reader: a critical anthology. Translated by Vern McGee. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2014. pp 224-234. Concerning the notion of genre presented in the text above, select the alternative that best summarizes this concept: