Discourse Analysis / Edition 1

by Gillian Brown

Overview

An exploration of how any language produced by man, spoken or written, is used to communicate for a purpose and within a context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900521284751
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/28/1983
Series:	Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1. Introduction: linguistic forms and functions; 2. The role of context in interpretation; 3. Topic and the representation of discourse content; 4. 'Staging' and the representation of discourse structure; 5. Information structure; 6. The nature of reference in text and in discourse; 7. Coherence in the interpretation of discourse; References; Subject index; Author index.

Editorial Reviews

'This book makes for absorbing reading. It is very well-written, inspiring and clear. It is indispensable literature for anyone working in the field of discourse analysis.' Journal of Semantics

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