Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language: 4 (Language in Society) - Softcover

Stubbs

 
9780226778334: Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language: 4 (Language in Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226778339 ISBN 13: 9780226778334
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1983

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Michael Stubbs is lecturer in linguistics at the University of Nottingham.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226778339
ISBN 13 
9780226778334
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288

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