syntax in different discourse genres

[A.M. Bolkestein]

Susan Herring e.a., are editing a volume about textual parameters in
older languages in which (I presume) many contributions deal with the
relation between text type and selected kinds of (syntactic/semantic/ ...)
variation. Ask her! Best,

Machtelt Bolkestein
Dept. of Classics, University of Amsterdam
Oude Turfmarkt 129
NL-1012 GC Amsterdam
Fax: ++31.20.5252544
E-mail: a.m.bolkestein at let.uva.nl



On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Frederick Newmeyer wrote:

> Dear Funknetters,
>
> I'm posting this message for a student of mine, who is not a subscriber:
>
> Could somebody please help me with a literature reference or two? I am
> interested in work that describes the differences in syntactic
> constructions in different genres: narratives, conversations, lectures,
> written texts of various sorts, and so on.
>
> I assume that construction types that are common in one genre are rare in
> another. Is there work that talks about the differences?
>
> Thanks! I'll summarize.
>
> Frank Jaret
> jaret at u.washington.edu
>