Advances in Written Text Analysis

This work provides an overview of a wide range of approaches to written text analysis. It includes both classic and specially commissioned papers by distinguished authors, which share a common linguistic framework. The pieces contain a variety of focuses from the patterning of paragraphs, sections or whole texts to the organization of clauses, individual expressions and single words, as well as a variety of text-types. The examples used range from pure science through social science, academic journals, weekly magazines and newspapers, to literary narratives. This collection forms the basis for an course on written text analysis that should be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. This Work Provides An Overview Of Approaches To Written Text Analysis, Including Both Classic And Commissioned Papers Which Share A Common Linguistic Framework. The Examples Used Range From Pure Science, Social Science And Periodicals To Literary Narratives. On Analysing And Evaluating Written Text / Malcolm Coulthard -- Trust The Text / John Mch. Sinclair -- Signalling In Discourse : A Functional Analysis Of A Common Discourse Pattern In Written And Spoken English / Michael Hoey -- Clause Relations As Information Structure : Two Basic Text Structures In English / Eugene Winter -- Predictive Categories In Expository Text / Angele Tadros -- Labelling Discourse : An Aspect Of Nominal-group Lexical Cohesion / Gill Francis -- The Text And Its Message / Tim Johns -- The Analysis Of Fixed Expressions In Text / Rosamund Moon -- The Construction Of Knowledge And Value In The Grammar Of Scientific Discourse, With Reference To Charles Darwin's The Origins Of Species / M.a.k. Halliday. Frames Of Reference : Contextual Monitoring And The Interpretation Of Narrative Discourse / Catherine Emmott -- Inferences In Discourse Comprehension / Martha Shiro -- Narratives Of Science And Nature In Popularizing Molecular Genetics / Greg Myers -- Evaluation And Organization In A Sample Of Written Academic Discourse / Susan Hunston -- Genre Analysis : An Approach To Text Analysis For Esp / Tony Dudley-evans -- On Theme, Rheme And Discourse Goals / Peter H. Fries. Negatives In Written Text / Adriana Pagano -- It, This And That / Michael Mccarthy -- The Structure Of Newspaper Editorials / Adriana Bolívar -- On Reporting Reporting : The Representation Of Speech In Factual And Factional Narratives / Carmen Rosa Caldas-coulthard. Edited By Malcolm Coulthard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [309]-320). Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 About the authors......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 On analysing and evaluating written text......Page 16 Trust the text......Page 27 Signalling in discourse: a functional analysis of a common discourse pattern in written and spoken English......Page 41 Clause relations as information structure: two basic text structures in English......Page 61 Predictive categories in expository text......Page 84 Labelling discourse: an aspect of nominal-group lexical cohesion......Page 98 The text and its message......Page 117 The analysis of fixed expressions in text......Page 132 The construction of knowledge and value in the grammar of scientific discourse, with reference to Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species......Page 151 Frames of reference: contextual monitoring and the interpretation of narrative discourse......Page 172 Inferences in discourse comprehension......Page 182 Narratives of science and nature in popularizing molecular genetics......Page 194 Evaluation and organization in a sample of written academic discourse......Page 206 Genre analysis: an approach to text analysis for ESP......Page 234 On Theme, Rheme and discourse goals......Page 244 Negatives in written text......Page 265 It, this and that......Page 281 The structure of newspaper editorials......Page 291 On reporting reporting: the representation of speech in factual and factional narratives......Page 310 References......Page 324 Advances in Written Text Analysis provides an overview of a wide range of exciting and compatible approaches to written text analysis. It includes both classic and specially commissioned papers, by distinguished authors, which share a common linguistic framework. The pieces contain a variety of focuses from the patterning of paragraphs, sections or whole texts to the organization of clauses, individual expressions and single words, as well as a variety of text-types