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Publication details [#1999]

Carter, Ronald A. 1984. Why have I started to talk to you like this? Narrative voices, discourse pragmatics and textual openings. In Peer, Willy Van and Jan Renkema, eds. Pragmatics and stylistics. Acco. pp. 95–132.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

On the inclusion of the areas of textual semantics and pragmatics in the field of stylistic analyses of literary and non-literary discourse. In particular, C. examines the significance of the narrative organization adopted by a writer in order to communicate with readers at the very opening of a text.