Product Description

An excellent basis for a course on written text analysis.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #399188 in Books
• Published on: 1994-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

From the Back Cover
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. 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 excellent course on written text analysis that will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.