RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The representation of the Canaries to the English-speaking world: an analysis of the discourses used in tourist texts A1 Hernández Guerra, Concepción A1 Mulligan, Maureen K1 Discurso K1 género K1 función K1 textos turísticos AB Traditionally, English for Specific Purposes has dealt with the study of textual subgenres from a synchronic perspective, with the aim of specifying and analyzing the linguistic and structural characteristics that define them. This is often designed to support pedagogical or teaching objectives. However, the particular nature of tourist texts means it is necessary to look at them from the perspective of different parameters, because, as we are dealing with texts aimed at a very heterogeneous range of consumers, these texts are distinguished more in terms of their communicative function than by purely linguistic or structural features.For this reason, this article offers a diachronic study of a corpus of tourist texts aimed at visitors to the Canary Islands, involving texts produced over a period of time from the end of the 19th century to the present day. The aim is to consider the evolution that this subgenre has undergone over time, and look at the discursive typology which is predominant in different historical stages PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 0212-4130 YR 2011 FD 2011 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/13580 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/13580 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 29-mar-2024