Studying Writing: Linguistic Approaches (SAGE Series on Written Communication) Book

The studies of writing and composition in this volume are taken from the perspective of linguistics. They illustrate the importance of text linguistics and discourse analysis for research on written communication. They also show the value of in-depth analysis of the textual characteristics of particular genres, such as news stories, narratives and problem-solutions.In addition to presenting the results of analyses of written texts from a linguistic perspective, this first volume of the Written Communication Annuals proposes productive methods for discourse analysis and identifies new directions for research on written communication. The chapters in this volume deal with a number of major topics:} differences between speaking and writing} thematic organization of sentences in text} alternation of given and new information} the influence of framing decisions on topical focus during composing} the structure of news stories} the structure of problem-solution texts} the relation of commentary to text} the relation of conversation to text} The contributions of propositional and framing analysis to cognitive modellingRead More