LINGUIST List 19.3797
Thu Dec 11 2008
Diss: Disc Analysis: Bones: 'The Discourse Function of Academic ...'
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1. James
Bones,
The Discourse Function of Academic Texts with Reference to Wittgenstein's 'To Follow a Rule'
Message 1: The Discourse Function of Academic Texts with Reference to Wittgenstein's 'To Follow a Rule'
Date: 11-Dec-2008
From: James Bones <jpbonestiscali.co.uk>
Subject: The Discourse Function of Academic Texts with Reference to Wittgenstein's 'To Follow a Rule'
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Institution: University of Nottingham
Program: School of English Studies
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 1992
Author: James Patrick Bones
Dissertation Title: The Discourse Function of Academic Texts with Reference to Wittgenstein's 'To Follow a Rule'
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Dissertation Director:
Michael McCarthy
David Brazil
Ronald Carter
Dissertation Abstract:
Using ideas from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations on 'followinga rule', three types of examples were analysed from technical, legal andlinguistic data. Sentence groups were selected on the basis of having onesentence with 'for example' in initial position. Analysis focussed on thedifferent lexical and grammatical forms evident in each group of examplesequences, usually in a three sentence unit comprisingGeneralisation/Particularisation/Evaluation. Example forms were shown to berelated to and dependent on the particular discourse practices of eachexample field, as well as the non-linguistic practises of the fields.
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