Grammar of Discourse

Name: Grammar of Discourse
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ISBN: 9780306452352

ISBN-10: 0306452359

ISBN-13: 9780306452352

Edition: 2nd 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Robert E. Longacre

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The Second Edition of The Grammar of Discourse critically evaluates and updates Robert E. Longacre's ambitious work dedicated to the thesis that language is language only in context, and that context's natural role in the resolution of sentence ambiguities has been overlooked for too long by linguists. This new edition advances even further the `discourse revolution' which Longacre predicted in the First Edition would come in response to the demand for greater explanatory power through context. The most cogent application of this, one which makes the book unique among linguistics texts, is the author's exhaustive investigation into the interface of the morphosyntax of a language with its…

Book details

List price: $169.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 6/30/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 362
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



Monologue Discourse: Typology and Salience


Monologue Discourse: Plot and Peak: Plot as Notional Structure


Combinations of Predications


Intersentential Relations: ETIC Paragraph Types


Repartee: Dialogue Paragraphs


Cases or Roles


Case Frames


Surface Structure of Clauses


A Framework for Discourse Analysis


Appendix


Index