The Grammar of Discourse

While this volume is based on an earlier work, An Anatomy of Speech Notions (1976), the overall orientation of the present volume is distinctive enough to make it a new work. The former volume was essentially a half-way house to discourse. While including a chapter on discourse struc­ ture, it was n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longacre, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Series:Topics in Language and Linguistics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Monologue Discourse
  • 1.1 Discourse Typology in Notional and Surface Structures
  • 1.2 Main Line vs Supportive Material
  • 1.3 The Composer
  • 1.4 Plot And Similar Structures
  • 2 Repartee
  • 2.1 Simple Repartee
  • 2.2 Complex Repartee
  • 2.3 Abeyance Repartee
  • 2.4 Compound Repartee
  • 2.5 Non-Verbal Resolution and Further Paragraph Types
  • 2.6 The Number of Speakers in a Dialogue
  • 2.7 Out of Phase Relations Between Notional And Surface Structures
  • 2.8 Repartee as A Game
  • 2.9 Summary
  • 3 Combination Of Predications
  • 3.1 Conjoining
  • 3.2 Alternation
  • 3.3 Temporal
  • 3.4 Implication
  • 3.5 Paraphrase
  • 3.6 Illustration
  • 3.7 Deixis
  • 3.8 Attribution
  • 3.9 Frustration
  • 3.10 Definition of Symbols
  • 4 Cases or Roles
  • 4.1 Experiencer
  • 4.2 Patient
  • 4.3 Agent
  • 4.4 Range
  • 4.5 Measure
  • 4.6 Instrument
  • 4.7 Locative
  • 4.8 Source
  • 4.9 Goal
  • 4.10 Path
  • 4.11 Peripheral Cases
  • 4.12 Cases Posited by Hale and the Pikes
  • 5 Case Frames
  • 5.1 A Scheme of Case Frames
  • 5.2 Further Systematic Concerns
  • 5.3 Relevance of Case Frames to Discourse
  • 6 Some Further Levels of Notional Structure
  • 6.1 Derivation
  • 6.2 Inflection
  • 6.3 Concretion
  • 6.4 Performatives
  • 7 A Framework for Discourse Analysis
  • 7.1 Hierarchy
  • 7.2 Tagmeme and Syntagmeme
  • 7.3 The Law of Primary Exponence
  • 7.4 General Theory of Exponence
  • 7.5 Characteristics of the Various Levels
  • 7.6 Variety in Nature
  • 7.7 Similarities Between Levels
  • 7.8 Some Deviant Schematizations
  • 7.9 Notional and Surface Structure in a Hierarchical Framework
  • 7.10 Surface Structure Meaning
  • 7.11 Notional Structure Form
  • 7.12 Mapping of Notional Levels Onto Surface Levels
  • 7.13 Tagmeme and Syntagmeme in This Setting
  • 7.14 Multiple Perspective
  • 7.15 A Trimodal Model
  • 8 A Concluding Essay: Toward Maximum Context
  • Appendix: TheNotional and Surface Structure of English Clauses