Forschungsbericht 1997-98 | |
Englisches Seminar
Johannisstr. 12-20 48143 Münster Tel. (0251) 83-2 45 00 Fax: (0251) 83-2 48 27 e-mail: englsem@uni-muenster.de WWW: http://www.anglistik.uni-muenster.de/ Geschäftsführender Direktor: Prof. Dr. Brian Gibbons | |
Forschungsschwerpunkte 1997 - 1998
Fachbereich 11 - Philologie Englisches Seminar Arbeitsbereich Prof. Dr. Ronald Geluykens | ||||
Grammar and Discourse
This project investigates how English discourse is organized in terms of 'information flow'
(Given/new information, topic organization, etc.). In particular, it examines how various word
order patterns are exploited for this purpose. The emphasis is on conversational discourse, but
other discourse types are also examined. It is assumed that two factors play an important role:
[a] cognition (in terms of processibility); [b] social (in terms of social interaction). Various
non-canonical word order patterns (e.g. cleft constructions) are investigated. Attention is also
paid to intonational features.
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Hans-Joachim Peter