Modes of Discourse: The Local Structure of Texts - Rilegato

Smith, Carlota S.

 
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Sinossi

This study of discourse modes offers a new fruitful level of analysis.

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Descrizione del libro

In studying discourse, the problem for the linguist is to find a fruitful level of analysis. Carlota Smith offers a new approach with this study of discourse passages. She introduces the key idea of the 'Discourse Mode', identifying five modes and analyzing the properties that distinguish each mode.

Contenuti

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Discourse Structure: 1. Introduction to the discourse modes; 2. Discourse modes; 3. Text representation and understanding; Part II. Linguistic Analysis of the Discourse Modes: 4. Aspectual information: the entities introduced in discourse; 5. Temporal and spatial progression; 6. Referring expressions in discourse; Part III. Surface Presentational Factors: Introduction to Part III; 7. Subjectivity in texts; 8. The contribution of surface presentation; 9. Non-canonical structures and presentation; Part IV. Discourse Modes and their Context: 10. Information in text passages; 11. Discourse structure and discourse modes; Appendix A. The texts; Appendix B. Glossary.

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9780521120623: Modes of Discourse: The Local Structure of Texts

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ISBN 10:  0521120624 ISBN 13:  9780521120623
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009
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