Types of Dialogue: The Functions of Commenting.

Posner, Roland

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Publication Date: 1980

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Types of Dialogue: The Functions of Commenting.

Posner, Roland

Discourse Processes, v3 n4 p381-98 Oct-Dec 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, Linguistics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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Language: English

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