A genre analysis of Christian sermons in the Filipino-Chinese community in Metro Manila

• Main Author: Liu, Chunping (Paul)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Discourse analysis; Christian life > Sermons; Applied Linguistics; English Language and Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3256; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/10094/viewcontent/CDTG003853_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper investigated the generic structure and lexico-grammatical features in Christian sermonic discourse and argued that ministers observe certain conventions in constructing their sermons. By analyzing a number of sermon samples, the researcher found that typical patterns of organizational moves and sub-moves or structural elements exist across sermons delivered by different Filipino-Chinese ministers from different church groups. Some salient lexico-grammatical features were also identified in terms of how they function as strategic devices in realizing the overall communicative purpose of sermonic discourse.