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Peer reviewedCoulter, Geoffrey R. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the role played by relative clauses in American Sign Language. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedNewman, Jean E. – Discourse Processes, 1985
Describes three experiments that explored the informational roles of emphasis and word order in active sentences. The results, when considered together, strongly implicate recentness, but not emphasis, as an important means of linking temporally contiguous sentences. (HTH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing
Peer reviewedBiber, Douglas; Finegan, Edward – Discourse Processes, 1988
Identifies various speech styles of English as marked by stance adverbials. Indicates that the discourse functions of stance adverbials differ considerably from the functions suggested by their literal meanings. (JK)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Cluster Analysis, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedEhrich, Veronika; Kosler, Charlotte – Discourse Processes, 1983
Presents an experimental approach to the linguistic analysis of discourse organization. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, Discourse Analysis, Dutch, Language Research
