The original (or traditional) type of barbacoa oven. In the U.S., barbacoa is often prepared with parts from the heads of cattle, such as the cheeks. In northern Mexico, it is also sometimes made from beef head, but more often it is prepared from goat meat (cabrito).
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Bruce (2008) calls these various texts cognitive genres, but I have called them Rhetorical Functions. Examples of texts and language. A good source of language is Leech & Svartvik (1975). Typical rhetorical functions used in academic writing, based on: Werlich (1976) and Lackstrom, Selinker & Trimble (1973), are: Descriptive. Describing objects, location, structure and direction; Reporting and narrating; Defining; Writing instructions; Describing function