David Lee's Genre Classification Scheme
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Written texts: 46 genres
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| Code | Description |
| W_ac_humanities_arts | academic prose: humanities |
| W_ac_medicine | academic prose: medicine |
| W_ac_nat_science | academic prose: natural sciences |
| W_ac_polit_law_edu | academic prose: politics law education |
| W_ac_soc_science | academic prose: social & behavioural sciences |
| W_ac_tech_engin | academic prose: technology computing engineering |
| W_admin | adminstrative and regulatory texts in-house use |
| W_advert | print advertisements |
| W_biography | biographies/autobiographies |
| W_commerce | commerce & finance economics |
| W_email | e-mail sports discussion list |
| W_essay_school | school essays |
| W_essay_univ | university essays |
| W_fict_drama | excerpts from two modern drama scripts |
| W_fict_poetry | single- and multiple-author collections of poems |
| W_fict_prose | novels & short stories |
| W_hansard | Hansard/parliamentary proceedings |
| W_institut_doc | official/govermental documents/leaflets company annual reports etc.; excludes Hansard |
| W_instructional | instructional texts/DIY |
| W_letters_personal | personal letters |
| W_letters_prof | professional/business letters |
| W_misc | miscellaneous texts |
| W_news_script | TV autocue data |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_arts | broadsheet national newspapers: arts/cultural material |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_commerce | broadsheet national newspapers: commerce & finance |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_editorial | broadsheet national newspapers: personal & institutional editorials & letters-to-the-editor |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_misc | broadsheet national newspapers: miscellaneous material |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_report | broadsheet national newspapers: home & foreign news reportage |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_science | broadsheet national newspapers: science material |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_social | broadsheet national newspapers: material on lifestyle leisure belief & thought |
| W_newsp_brdsht_nat_sports | broadsheet national newspapers: sports material |
| W_newsp_other_arts | regional and local newspapers: arts |
| W_newsp_other_commerce | regional and local newspapers: commerce & finance |
| W_newsp_other_report | regional and local newspapers: home & foreign news reportage |
| W_newsp_other_science | regional and local newspapers: science material |
| W_newsp_other_social | regional and local newspapers: material on lifestyle, leisure, belief & thought |
| W_newsp_other_sports | regional and local newspapers: sports material |
| W_newsp_tabloid | tabloid newspapers |
| W_non_ac_humanities_arts | non-academic/non-fiction: humanities |
| W_non_ac_medicine | non-academic: medical/health matters |
| W_non_ac_nat_science | non-academic: natural sciences |
| W_non_ac_polit_law_edu | non-academic: politics law education |
| W_non_ac_soc_science | non-academic: social & behavioural sciences |
| W_non_ac_tech_engin | non-academic: technology computing engineering |
| W_pop_lore | popular magazines |
| W_religion | religious texts excluding philosophy. |
Spoken texts: 24 genres
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| Code | Description |
| S_brdcast_discussn | TV or radio discussions |
| S_brdcast_documentary | TV documentaries |
| S_brdcast_news | TV or radio news broadcasts |
| S_classroom | non-tertiary classroom discourse |
| S_consult | mainly medical & legal consultations |
| S_conv | face-to-face spontaneous conversations |
| S_courtroom | legal presentations or debates |
| S_demonstratn | ‘live’ demonstrations |
| S_interview | job interviews & other types |
| S_interview_oral_history | oral history interviews/narratives some broadcast |
| S_lect_commerce | lectures on economics commerce & finance |
| S_lect_humanities_arts | lectures on humanities and arts subjects |
| S_lect_nat_science | lectures on the natural sciences |
| S_lect_polit_law_edu | lectures on politics law or education |
| S_lect_soc_science | lectures on the social & behavioural sciences |
| S_meeting | business or committee meetings |
| S_parliament | BNC-transcribed parliamentary speeches |
| S_pub_debate | public debates discussions meetings |
| S_sermon | religious sermons |
| S_speech_scripted | planned speech, whether dialogue or monologue |
| S_speech_unscripted | more or less unprepared speech, whether dialogue or monologue |
| S_sportslive | ‘live’ sports commentaries and discussions |
| S_tutorial | university-level tutorials |
| S_unclassified | miscellaneous spoken genres. |