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Modes of Discourse : The Local Structure of Texts
Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780521120623
- ISBN-10: 0521120624
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: October 2009
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.75 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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