Modes of Discourse The Local Structure of Texts

Name: Modes of Discourse The Local Structure of Texts
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Author: Smith, Carlota S.
ISBN: 9780521781695

by Smith, Carlota S.

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ISBN-13: 9780521781695
ISBN: 0521781698
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Smith, Carlota S.

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This study of discourse passages offers a new approach to linguistics. Carlota Smith offers the idea of a 'discourse mode' & identifies five modes: narrative, description, report, information & argument. The analysis of the properties of each concentrates on grammatical rather than lexical information.Smith, Carlota S. is the author of 'Modes of Discourse The Local Structure of Texts' with ISBN 9780521781695 and ISBN 0521781698.

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