Overview

People engage in discourse every day - from writing letters and presenting papers to simple discussions. Yet discourse is a complex and fascinating phenomenon that is not well understood. This volume stems from a multidisciplinary workshop in which eminent scholars in linguistics, sociology and computational linguistics presented various aspects of discourse. The topics treated range from multi-party conversational interactions to deconstructing text from various perspectives, considering topic-focus development and discourse structure, and an empirical study of discourse segmentation. The chapters not only describe each author's favorite burning issue in discourse but also provide a fascinating view of the research methodology and style of argumentation in each field.

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Author:   Eduard H. Hovy ,  Donia R. Scott
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   151
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642082443

ISBN 10:   3642082440
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Issues of Relevance for Discourse Analysis: Contingency in Action, Interaction, and Co-Participant Context.- 2 Types of Structure: Deconstructing Notions of Constituency in Clause and Text.- 3 Interaction and Syntax in the Structure of Conversational Discourse: Collaboration, Overlap, and Syntactic Dissociation.- 4 The Information Structure of the Sentence and the Coherence of Discourse.- 5 Discourse Coherence and Segmentation.- 6 On the Relation Between the Informational and Intentional Perspectives on Discourse.- 7 Empirical Analysis of Three Dimensions of Spoken Discourse: Segmentation, Coherence, and Linguistic Devices.- Authors’ Biographies.

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