Modes of Co-reference as an Indicator of Genre
©2003
Thesis
436 Pages
Series:
Linguistic Insights, Volume 12
Summary
This book explores the property of co-reference within various texts as a possible means of distinguishing genre types. Based on observed rather than invented material, it supplies empirical data on co-reference as a cohesive mechanism within authentic English texts. Co-referential form and frequency are identified in nine texts representing three genres: academic journals, news magazine articles and fictional narrative texts.
This study offers not only quantitative but also qualitative information regarding co-reference in three individual text types, thereby laying the foundation for a comparative study of the three different genres. Focusing on the property of co-reference in this way singles out differences in language use and allows for some pertinent statements to be made regarding modes of co-reference as an indicator of text variety.
This study offers not only quantitative but also qualitative information regarding co-reference in three individual text types, thereby laying the foundation for a comparative study of the three different genres. Focusing on the property of co-reference in this way singles out differences in language use and allows for some pertinent statements to be made regarding modes of co-reference as an indicator of text variety.
Details
- Pages
- 436
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039100521
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Referenz (Linguistik) co-reference linked to language use quantitative /qualitative similarities Diskursanalyse Textsorte text cohesion genre characteristics language variation anaphora versus cataphora register variables (field, mode, tenor)
- Published
- Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Oxford, Wien, 2003. 436 pp., 4 fig., num. tables
