Some linguists make the criterion of representativeness definitional: they call a collection of samples of language use a corpus only if it has been carefully balanced between different genres (conversation, informal writing, journalism, literature, etc)., regional varieties, or whatever.
His genre was conversation.
For writers and fans, the genre is a conversation: the future cannot be predicted, but there is room for endless discussion of futures that might be, of futures that used to be, and of what they mean today.
The Black Tentacle, for "outstanding achievement in encouraging and elevating the conversation around genre literature", was awarded to "the genre community, personified by Patrick Ness", for its response to the refugee crisis.
Wordless Music is a major new series devoted to conversations between genres.
A special award, the Black Tentacle, for "outstanding achievement in encouraging and elevating the conversation around genre literature", was also presented last night to Sarah McIntyre, for what organisers described as her "tireless work to promote the rights of artists and to encourage others to value their work".
Ann Leckie's space opera Ancillary Justice took the Golden Tentacle for best debut, Will Staehle's cover for The Age Atomic won the Inky Tentacle for cover art, and a discretionary prize for "outstanding achievement in encouraging and elevating the conversation around genre literature", the Black Tentacle, went to Malorie Blackman, the new children's laureate.
Having a conversation about genre distinctions with an experimental band can feel like an experiment of its own.
The conference was expansive, to say the least, with iconoclasts from business and social ventures across myriad genres engaged in unforgettable conversations.
Hence, on one hand it tests whether the intensity of TV use and the use of specific TV genres predict the selection of conversation partners in social groups (social selection process).
Ginther (2002) investigated the effects of content visuals on LC in the TOEFL test in LC passages of different genres, such as dialogues, short conversations, academic discussions and mini-talks.
