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Autor/in | Britton, James |
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Titel | Context, Text, Message and Forms of Discourse. |
Quelle | (1977), (16 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Comprehension; Discourse Analysis; Expository Writing; Language Research; Language Styles; Logic; Poetry; Speech Communication; Written Language |
Abstract | This paper discusses the notion that comprehension of language involves an active interpretative process entailing both a generating of expectations and a matching of expectations to the "incoming message." There are, however, two forms of discourse in which the relation of text to message differs from that holding in ordinary language. One of these is the language of propositions (or the essayist technique), which has been discussed by Olson; the other is the language of poetry. These two forms differ in their implied relation to speech. Olson stresses the gulf between speech and the language of propositions; poetry, on the other hand, might be regarded as the apotheosis of speech, retaining as part of its formal organization the device of rhythm, along with other ways of creating a patterned disposition of phonetic features that have no visual representation on the printed page. Still, the language of poetry is not that of speech; it requires the kind of attention to text that is not required in speech or in ordinary language. (AA) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |