Modes of discourse the local structure of texts

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Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Abstract

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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