About the Book
The 35 papers in this volume provide a comprehensive picture of crucial aspects of connectedness. The papers are divided into three main groups: the papers in the first group deal with particular questions of the text-constituting role of anaphora, deixis, coreference, modality, conjunctions and particles, theme, topic, ellipsis, etc., the second group of papers discusses the connectedness in texts/discourses of different types (narrative texts, stories, horoscopes, anecdotes, poems, comics, etc.), and, finally, the papers in the third group discuss general theoretical/methodological questions concerning connectedness.
Table of Contents:
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Foreword; 3. List of contributors; 4. Part I. Particular carriers of connectedness; 5. Anaphoric pronouns and noun phrases as text connectors (by Bellert, Irena); 6. "Functional sentence perspective" and text connectedness (by Danes, Frantisek); 7. Deictic expressions and the connexity of text (by Ehlich, Konrad); 8. Some notes on thematics, topic, and typology (by Hakulinen, Auli); 9. Subordinate and embedded coreference (by Harweg, Roland); 10. Con and Co: Continuity and marqueurs in oral discourse (by Holker, Klaus); 11. How can the meaning of a text be represented? (by Lonngren, Lennart); 12. Modality and text constitution (by Lundquist, Lita); 13. Ellipsis between connexity and coherence (by Marello, Carla); 14. Formal connexity and pragmatic cohesion in anaphora interpretation (by Pleh, Csaba); 15. Relevance of meaning, semantic disposition, and text coherence: Modelling reader expectations from natural language discourse (by Rieger, B.B.); 16. The role of conjunctions and particles for text connexity (by Rudolph, Elizabeth); 17. Connexity established by emphatic pronouns (by Rigau, Gemma); 18. Isotopy, coreference, and redundancy (by Stati, Sorin); 19. Part II. Text-type specific aspects of connectedness; 20. The development of text competence (by Gopnik, M.); 21. Schema for the analysis of communicative coherence in interaction: The organization of consultations (by Kayser, H.); 22. On certain peculiarities of narrative cohesion (by Lonzi, Lidia); 23. Dynamics of cohesion in lyrical texts (by Metzeltin, Michael); 24. Paraphrase as a coherence principle in conversation (by Parret, Herman); 25. The concept of cohesion: Its empirical status in a definition and typology of texts (by Peer, Willie van); 26. Macro-structure, knowledge base, and coherence (by Siklaki, Istvan); 27. Literary coherence and related topics (by Vitacolonna, Luciano); 28. Elements of text-based and image-based connectedness in comic stories, and some analogies to cinema and written text (by Weber, H.J.); 29. Part III. General theoretical and methodological questions of research in connectedness; 30. Understanding, text, and coherence (by Bokay, Antal); 31. Text coherence and text interpretation processing (by Charolles, M.); 32. Discursive construction: Analysis of discursive patterns (by Fisher, S.); 33. The objects of discourse: Connexity and opposition (by Grize, J.-B.); 34. Relevant objects and situations (by Heydrich, W.); 35. Connectedness and discourse structure: Perspective semantics of predications and coherence of discourse (by Komlosi, Laszlo Imre); 36. The grades of reading (by Langleben, Maria M.); 37. Connexity, coherence, and the semantic net (by Leinfellner, Elisabeth); 38. Semiosis, coherence, and universes of meaning (by Mignolo, W.); 39. Constitution and meaning: A semiotic text-theoretical approach (by Petofi, Janos Sander); 40. The role of inferences in text organization (by Van de Velde, Roger); 41. Connectedness of texts and relevant consequences (by Weingartner, P.); 42. Index of names
