Modes of Discourse: The Local Structure of Texts (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Ser...
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Modes of Discourse: The Local Structure of Texts (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 103)
Book Details
- Author
- Carlota S. Smith
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Linguistics
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521120623
- ISBN-10
- 0521120624
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ISBN: 0521120624
Author: Smith, Carlota S.
Condition: New
In studying discourse, the problem for the linguist is to find a fruitful level of analysis. Carlota Smith offers a new approach with this study of discourse passages, units of several sentences or more. She introduces the key idea of the "Discourse Mode", identifying five modes: Narrative, Description, Report, Information, Argument. Smith analyzes the properties that distinguish each mode, focusing on grammatical rather than lexical information. The book also examines presentational matters: topic and focus; variation in syntactic structure; and subjectivity, or point of view.
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