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Dear list colleagues,
<BR>I am a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at the Catholic U. of S.
Paulo, Brazil. I have been working on text analysis with a focus on the
identification and classification of speech functions and the clause mood
choices used to realize them. The nature of this work has required me to
develop a set of tags for classifying both speech functions and text types.
As a result, I'm looking for publications on tagging, the classification
of indirect speech acts, markedness theory and those which deal with marked
and unmarked forms. Although I have a basic idea of what may be essential
to my bibliography (Brown & Levinson, Halliday, Hasan, Martin, O'Donnell,
...) , I would appreciate any suggestions you might have, especially concerning
current work related to topics above.
<P>Best Wishes,
<BR>Bob
<P>PS - This message is being posted on several lists. My apologies if
you receive multiple copies.
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Bob Wyatt MA Applied Linguistics
Distance Education Group, COGEAE, PUC/SP, Brazil
Homepage <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8604">http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8604</A></PRE>
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