Kanokporn Potiantong. A genre analysis of the main dish recipes. Master's Degree(English for Business and Industry Communication (English Program)). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 2010.
Abstract:
This case study aims to study the genre move structure and lexico-grammatical
features of main dish recipes. 40 recipes are selected and analyzed from one English
cookbook. The result of the study shows that
1. Noun is the mostly part of speech used in recipe writing (44.018%) while
pronoun is the least part of speech found from the study (0.355%).
2. The move structure of the recipes are: Introduction, Recipe Name, Related
Information, Ingredients Part, Cooking Instruction, Additional guidance, and Side
Dish Recipe.
In conclusion, the recipe writing is unique unlike other type of writing. The
style of recipe writing is shaped by the structure that each part separated and can be
seen clearly. The imperative sentences are popular used in this kind of writing more
than other kind of sentence.