Modeling Discourse Topic: Sequential Relations and Strategies in Expository Text

Modeling Discourse Topic: Sequential Relations and Strategies in Expository Text
ISBN-10
1567502172
ISBN-13
9781567502176
Category
Psychology / General
Pages
203
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Author
Dionysis Goutsos

Description

This book is a study of techniques used to introduce, continue and change the discourse topic in expository writing. Discourse topic is examined by focusing on the sequential techniques and strategies in a step-by-step process. To describe the process a model of sequentiality is proposed. The aims of the book are to advance current thinking in discourse analysis and to provide a practical exemplar of expository discourse.

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