de Beaugrande and Dressler 1981

de Beaugrande and Dressler 1981

Reference
	de Beaugrande, R., and W. U. Dressler . 1981.Introduction to text linguistics. London: Longman. 270 pages. Location: Dallas SIL Library 410 B 375. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	Presents the basic notions of
	discourse text types, and how texts function in human interaction.
	Text is defined as communicative occurrence that meets seven standards of textuality:
	Cohesion Coherence Intentionality Acceptability Informativity Situationality (relevancy or appropriateness) Intertextuality (context
	Discusses the evolution of text linguistics using the procedural approach (describes all levels of language in terms of their utilization). Defines cohesion: syntax as devices for showing how already used patterns can be reused, modified, or compacted. Also discusses coherence as patterns of knowledge in regard to current processing tasks. Final chapters deal with
	intentionality acceptability informativity situationality intertextuality, and research and schooling.

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