Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language

Name: Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language (Language in Society, 4)
Item: Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language (Language in Society, 4)
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by Michael Stubbs

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Book Overview

Linguistics has traditionally concentrated on studying single sentences or isolated speech acts. In this book Michael Stubbs explores one of the most promising new directions in contemporary linguistics-the study of many sentences and how they fit together to form discourse. Using many examples drawn from recorded conversations, fieldwork observations, experimental data, and written texts, he discusses such questions as how far discourse structure is comparable to sentence structure; whether it is possible to talk of "well formed" discourse as one does of "grammatical" sentences; and whether the relation between question and answer in conversation is syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226778339

ISBN13:9780226778334

Release Date:September 1983

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:279 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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