Discourse Structure & Anaphora : Written & Conversational English (Studies in Linguistics)

Fox, Barbara A.

ISBN 10: 0521330823 / ISBN 13: 9780521330824

Published by Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discourse Structure & Anaphora : Written & Conversational English (Studies in Linguistics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521330823
• ISBN 13: 9780521330824
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics, Reference, Social Sciences

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Synopsis

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.

Review

"...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