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The grammar of discourse

Author: Robert E Longacre
Publisher: New York : Plenum Press, ©1996.
Series: Topics in language and linguistics.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
Summary:
The Second Edition of the Grammar of Discourse critically evaluates and updates its predecessor's major points, with new chapters increasing the coverage of paragraph and clause structure - the latter being handled in a new chapter which solves a problem posed in the original edition: how holistic concerns of structure, especially the recognition of different strands of information, relate to the constituent
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert E Longacre
ISBN: 0306452359 9780306452352
OCLC Number: 34690891
Description: xvi, 362 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. Monologue Discourse: Typology and Salience --
Ch. 2. Monologue Discourse: Plot and Peak --
Ch. 3. Combinations of Predications --
Ch. 4. Intersentential Relations: Etic Paragraph Types --
Ch. 5. Repartee: Dialogue Paragraphs --
Ch. 6. Case of Roles --
Ch. 7. Case Frames --
Ch. 8. Surface Structure of Clauses --
Ch. 9. A Framework for Discourse Analysis --
Appendix: The Notional and Surface Structure of English Clauses.
Series Title: Topics in language and linguistics.
Other Titles: The grammar of discourse /
Responsibility: Robert E. Longacre.
Local System Bib Number:
103205

Abstract:

The Second Edition of the Grammar of Discourse critically evaluates and updates its predecessor's major points, with new chapters increasing the coverage of paragraph and clause structure - the latter being handled in a new chapter which solves a problem posed in the original edition: how holistic concerns of structure, especially the recognition of different strands of information, relate to the constituent structure of discourse. The insights contained in this chapter create an opportunity to tie in current discussions of transitivity, ergativity, the antipassive, agency hierarchy, order-preserving transformations, and word-order concerns into the structure of discourse.

The Grammar of Discourse, Second Edition is extremely useful as a reference for linguistics researchers and graduate students interested in discourse analysis and textlinguistics. With material tested in classes at the University of Texas at Arlington, this influential work merits serious consideration as a text for first-year graduate courses in linguistics.

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