Discourse Structure and Anaphora by Barbara A Fox

Discourse Structure and Anaphora by Barbara A Fox

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Summary

This study uses conversation analysis and rhetorical structure analysis to look at the distribution of pronouns and full noun phrases in three different genres of English. It considers the hierarchical structure of text and the significance of social, interactional and affective factors for text organisation.

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Discourse Structure and Anaphora by Barbara A Fox

Barbara Fox's thoughtful study examines the use of anaphora in both written and spoken discourse. Any treatment of anaphora must consider the hierarchical of its source texts-type. Texts may be produced and heard or read linearly, but they are designed and understood hierarchically. Discourse Structure and Anaphora goes beyond the information processing concerns of cognitive science to assess the critical role played in all text-types by social, interactional and affective factors. It also considers the fact that texts are organised by socially accepted conventions. Using conversation analysis and rhetorical structure analysis, this book looks at the distribution of pronouns and full noun phrases in three different genres of English, taking data from naturally occurring face-to-face and telephone conversations, small newspaper and magazine articles and a psychoanalytic biography.
..is a tightly argued, well-documented, innovative reformulation of the theory of anaphora that should have an impact on thinking about anaphora in discourse. Studies in Second Language Learning
Fox, Barbara A.: - Barbara A. Fox is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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ISBN 13 9780521439909
ISBN 10 0521439906
Title Discourse Structure and Anaphora
Author Barbara A Fox
Series Cambridge Studies In Linguistics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1993-02-11
Number of pages 184
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