Publications

Publication details [#1213]

Beaugrande, Robert-Alain De. 1980. Text, discourse, and process: Toward a multidisciplinary science of texts. Ablex Publishing Company. xv + 351 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
action | coherence | discourse | goal | narrative | plan

Annotation

An attempt to build a coherent theory of texts around the notion of connectivity (its syntax being concerned with sequential connectivity, its semantics with conceptual connectivity, and its pragmatics with actions, plans and goals). Contains a chapter on conversation and narration.

Reviewed by

Hobbs, Jerry R. 1982. Review of R.de Beaugrande (1980: `Text, discourse, and proces: Toward a multidisciplinary science of texts').
Verschueren, Jef. 1982. Review of $Text, discourse, and process: Toward a multidisciplinary science of texts.