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Modes of discourse : the local structure of texts / Carlota S. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 103.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511066937
  • 9780511066931
  • 0521781698
  • 9780521781695
  • 0511069065
  • 9780511069062
  • 9780511615108
  • 0511615108
  • 9786610417988
  • 6610417989
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modes of discourse.DDC classification:
  • 401/.41 22
LOC classification:
  • P302 .S539 2003eb
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I Discourse structure; II Linguistic analysis of the Discourse Modes; III Surface presentational factors; IV Discourse Modes and their context; Appendix A: The texts; Appendix B: Glossary; References; General index; Index of names.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-313) and indexes.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I Discourse structure; II Linguistic analysis of the Discourse Modes; III Surface presentational factors; IV Discourse Modes and their context; Appendix A: The texts; Appendix B: Glossary; References; General index; Index of names.

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.

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