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Multiple Constraints on Discourse Options: A Quantitative Analysis of Causal Sequences.

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Schiffrin, Deborah – Discourse Processes, 1985

Demonstrates the value of quantitative analysis of discourse options by focusing on two discourse options for the representation of cause and effect. (HTH)

Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)

Two Hypotheses Regarding Text Generation and Analysis.

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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