Rhetorical structure theory and text analysis /
A dozen different authors or teams, all experienced in discourse research, are given exactly the same text to analyze. The text is an appeal for money by a lobbying organization in Washington, D.C. It informs, stimulates and manipulates the reader in a fascinating way. The joint analysis is far more...
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| Format: | Llibre |
| Idioma: | English |
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Marina del Rey, Calif. :
University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute,
1989.
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| Col·lecció: | ISI research report. University of Southern California. Information Sciences Institute ;
ISI/RR-89-242 |
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| Sumari: | A dozen different authors or teams, all experienced in discourse research, are given exactly the same text to analyze. The text is an appeal for money by a lobbying organization in Washington, D.C. It informs, stimulates and manipulates the reader in a fascinating way. The joint analysis is far more insightful than any one team's analysis alone. This paper is our contribution to the book. Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST), the focus of this paper, is a way to account for the functional potential of text, its capacity to achieve the purposes of speakers and produce effects in hearers. It also shows a way to distinguish coherent texts from incoherent ones, and identifies consequences of text structure." |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | "November 1989." |
| Descripció física: | 60 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |