Pragmatics, Discourse and Text: Some Systemically-inspired ApproachesErich Steiner, Robert Veltman |
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Meeting the challenge of pragmatics | 13 |
a significancegenerating device | 28 |
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action activity analysis approach aspects Bound Cambridge chapter choice claim clause cognitive cohesion complete concerned consider constituents context contrast contributions conversation defined definition direct discourse discussed effect element English example exchange expressed fact formations function further genre give given grammar Halliday hold important indicate initiations instance interaction John kind language lexical linguistic London major marked meaning metaphor move nature notion options organization participants particular pattern person position possible pragmatic predicted Prefatory present Press principles problem produced question realization reason reference regarded relations request response rheme rhetorical role rules seems semantic sense sentence type significance social speaker specific speech stress structure suggest syntactic systemic thematic Theme theory things tion topic UMTS and PRMTs understanding units University utterance