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Linguistics has traditionally concentrated on studying single sentences or isolated speech acts. In this book Michael Stubbs explores one of the most promising new directions in contemporary linguistics-the study of many sentences and how they fit together to form discourse. Using many examples drawn from recorded conversations, fieldwork observations, experimental data, and written texts, he discusses such questions as how far discourse structure is comparable to sentence structure; whether it

Author

Stubbs, Michael, 1947-

Publisher

University of Chicago Press; B. Blackwell; University Of Chicago Press

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226778334

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24