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Petöfi, Janos S. 1974. Semantics, pragmatics, text theory.

Publication type

Working paper

Publication language

English

Keywords

meaning theory | pragmatic theory | text structure - world structure theory | text theory

Annotation

It is argued that the traditional distinction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics has no explanatory power and that all the various semiotic features of a text can be described in the framework of his text structure - world structure theory.

Translations

Conte, Maria-Elisabeth. 1977. Semantica, pragmatica, teoria del testo. In Conte, Maria-Elisabeth, ed. La linguistica testuale. Feltrinelli. pp. 195–223.