Studying Writing
Linguistic Approaches
1st Edition
Published on 17. April 1986
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8039-2372-0 (ISBN)
Description
The studies of writing and composition in this volume are taken from a linguistics perspective. They illustrate the importance of text linguistics and discourse analysis for research on written communication. They also illustrate the value of in-depth analysis of the text characteristics of particular genres, such as news stories, narratives and problem-solutions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2372-0 (9780803923720)
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Content
Writing in the Perspective of Speaking - Wallace Chafe
On the Dynamics of Written Communication in the Light of the Theory of Functional Sentence Perspective - Jan Firbas
Given and New Information and Some Aspects of the Structures, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Written Texts - William J Vande Kopple
Writing Process and Written Products in Composition Research - Stephen P Witte and Roger D Cherry
News Schemata - Teun A van Dijk
Overlapping Patterns of Discourse Organization and Their Implications for Clause Relational Analysis in Problem-Solutions - Michael Hoey
The Discourse Status of Commentary - Chaim Rabin
Cognitive Models and Discourse Analysis - Carl H Frederiksen
On the Dynamics of Written Communication in the Light of the Theory of Functional Sentence Perspective - Jan Firbas
Given and New Information and Some Aspects of the Structures, Semantics, and Pragmatics of Written Texts - William J Vande Kopple
Writing Process and Written Products in Composition Research - Stephen P Witte and Roger D Cherry
News Schemata - Teun A van Dijk
Overlapping Patterns of Discourse Organization and Their Implications for Clause Relational Analysis in Problem-Solutions - Michael Hoey
The Discourse Status of Commentary - Chaim Rabin
Cognitive Models and Discourse Analysis - Carl H Frederiksen