Table of contents
Acknowledgmentsix
1. Introduction1
Part I. General orientation
2. Communication as action11
3. Discourse in communication35
Part II. Backpacking for a scientific journey
4. Discourse types59
5. Structured content87
6. Discourse connections103
7. Contextual phenomena121
8. Style145
Part III. Special modes of communication
9. Conversation analysis161
10. Informative discourse175
11. Narratives191
12. Argumentation and persuasion203
Part IV. Special interests
13. Discourse and cognition221
14. Discourse and institution253
15. Discourse and culture279
Key to the questions299
References339
Index357
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