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Posner, Roland – Discourse Processes, 1980
Contends that the organization of comments made by one discourse participant on the contributions of another reveals a hierarchy of relevance and informativity. Illustrates this with discourse samples subjected to a particular method of analysis. (FL)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Gee, James Paul – Discourse Processes, 1986
Discusses the sources of information in oral language. Uses converging evidence from prosody, pausing, structural and semantic parallelism, and stylistic analysis to argue for a series of hypotheses about the units that organize the construction of narrative discourse. Provides examples and appendixes. (JD)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Processing
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Longacre, Robert E. – Discourse Processes, 1989
Uses eight languages in five distinct linguistic areas to examine two hypotheses regarding text generation and analysis and to illustrate their reciprocity relative to narrative discourse. Demonstrates how these hypotheses yield salience schemes and constituent analysis which mutually corroborate and correct each other. (KEH)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes