ANALYSIS OF A TURKISH TOURISM BROCHURE: KEMER
TÜRKÇE BİR TURİZM BROŞÜR ÇÖZÜMLEMESİ ÖRNEĞİ: KEMER

Author : Bilge ÖZTÜRK -- Ece ŞIKLAR
Number of pages : 321-333

Abstract

This study uses the genre analysis methodology to investigate the discourse patterns and features of a Turkish tourism brochure and apply the genre analysis to it within the framework of Bhatia’s (2004) move-structural model. The data used for this study consisted of one Turkish tourism brochure advertising a well-known touristic place Kemer in Mediterranean region, which was issued by Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB). The data was analyzed by the application of Bhatia’s (2004) move-structural model which is based on Swales’ (1990) genre analysis. The criterion for selecting the Turkish tourism brochure was to reveal its communicative purpose; to persuade the customers into buying the service advertised by means of applying lexico-grammatical features and visual images. The study analyzed how the brochure realizes its communicative goals and maximizes the persuasive power of the brochure.

Keywords

Move-structural model, genre analysis, persuasive communicative goals

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