Regarding the fact that e-mails are multimodal messages, the discourse analysis should follow their schemata, and furthermore consider that e-mails contain elements of written medium, electronic-mediated communication and elements of spoken language. A suitable method to analyze written discourse is a genre-based approach, combining broad aspects on discourse, analyzing it as text, genre, social activity and professional practice. Genre theory has not so far been used in Slovene linguistics, however, there are needs expressed that more systematic and deeper analysis on written discourse should be considered. This is encouraged also by intensive development of new possibilities of e-mail communication.
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