Patterns of Lexis in TextPassages of authentic text are analysed to demonstrate the operations of patterns of lexis across sentence boundaries and over considerable distances within and between texts. These insights are related to a comprehensive theory of language, in which 'lexis' and 'text' are shown to be important levels of language organization. Implications for the teaching of reading and writing are also discussed. First Prize English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition |
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... context with an item that is in a repetition relation with the other item ? NO YES SIMPLE LEXICAL REPETITION YES do the items share a common context , or are their contexts related in some way ? YES do the items share a common context ...
... context with an item that is in a repetition relation with the other item ? NO YES SIMPLE LEXICAL REPETITION YES do the items share a common context , or are their contexts related in some way ? YES do the items share a common context ...
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... context with an item that is in a repetition relation with the other does the paraphrase of one item differ from ( the paraphrase of ) the other only in respect of a negative or a phrase such as the opposite the meaning of the of the ...
... context with an item that is in a repetition relation with the other does the paraphrase of one item differ from ( the paraphrase of ) the other only in respect of a negative or a phrase such as the opposite the meaning of the of the ...
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... context being roughly equivalent to semantics in Halliday ( 1961 ) , his discussion of the term does reflect an inchoate awareness of the place of discourse . His definition in the 1961 paper goes only a little beyond what Figure 8.1 ...
... context being roughly equivalent to semantics in Halliday ( 1961 ) , his discussion of the term does reflect an inchoate awareness of the place of discourse . His definition in the 1961 paper goes only a little beyond what Figure 8.1 ...
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Questions about cohesion | 3 |
A metaphor for text organization | 26 |
Types of repetition | 51 |
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