stephen neale – a uk based theorist with an enormous contribution to genre studies. Neale views genre as a process, meaning that they evolve over time.

repertoire of elements – identifiable aspects of text belonging to the corpus

corpus – group of texts identified as belonging to the same genre

hybridisation – mixing one genre with another

historic specificity – belonging to a particular time period

repetition/sameness – repeated successful tropes in genre that allow parts of the genre to be recognised more.

variation/change – the tendency for genre texts to reformulate with new qualities to prevent audiences from becoming tired of a formula

narrative image – expectations of a genre text based on its label often passed from word to mouth

expectations and hypotheses – requirements to be fulfilled, and narrative and other predictions made by an audience based onprior experience of a genre

suspend disbelief – a sense of connection or belief the audience has to maintain to invest themselves in the story

generic regime of verisimilitude –norms and laws of a genre