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Download full textVande Kopple, William J. – 1982
There are three dominant conceptions of functional sentence perspective (FSP): (1) a sentence should be analyzed into several segments, each having a different degree of what is called communicative dynamism; (2) a sentence should be analyzed into two segments, the theme and the rheme; and (3) a sentence should be analyzed into two segments, the…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Paragraphs
Vande Kopple, William J. – 1977
Excerpts from articles in the "British Medical Journal" and "The American Journal of Medicine" were compared to determine which journal was easier to read and what stylistic traits might account for such ease. Nine paragraphs from the discussion sections of articles on hypertension were taken from each of the journals. When…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
