Structures in discourse: Micro and macro perspectives

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Abstract

Texts are expected to have structure and the study of that structure is a central concern in text and discourse linguistics. Texts are semantic units and their structure is therefore a matter of organization of the content material included in them. At the same time, text structure is also a matter of form, since texts manifest linguistic signals of various kinds whose purpose is to facilitate the text receiver’s task of interpretation, i.e. the task of building a text world around a given text. And even shape can be used to disclose the structure of a given text. (Virtanen 1997a)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStructures in Discourse
Subtitle of host publicationInteraction, adaptability, and pragmatic functions
EditorsMartin Gill, Aino Malmivirta, Brita Wårvik
PublisherJohn Benjamins
Pages1-17
Volume345
ISBN (Electronic)978 90 272 4682 0
ISBN (Print)978 90 272 4682 0, 978 90 272 4682 0, 978 90 272 4682 0, 978 90 272 4682 0, 978 90 272 4682 0, 978 90 272 1491 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Aug 2024
MoE publication typeA3 Part of a book or another research book

Publication series

NamePragmatics & Beyond New Series
PublisherJohn Benjamins
Volume345

Keywords

  • Discourse structure
  • Text and discourse linguistics
  • Context

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