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Fri Mar 7 16:03:19 UTC 1997

>To: critics-l at una.nl
>From: Robert de Beaugrande <robert.de.beaugrande at univie.ac.at>
>Subject: NEW FOUNDATIONS
>
>I am pleased to say that my book  NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR A SCIENCE OF TEXT AND
DISCOURSE has finally appeared (in hard cover and paper back) at the.  Ablex
Corporation, now moved to 55 Old Post Road Nr. 2, P.O. Box 5297 Greenwich CT
06836-5297  Tel. 001/203/661-7602 fax 001/203/661-0792
>
>Here are some comments on the volume:
>
>In this book, Robert de Beaugrande presents his own distinctive approach to
the interpretation and analysis of discourse, He discusses a rich and varied
selection of textual material, with a sensitivity both to the many-sidedness
of meaning of language and to significance of discursive practices in the
social and political contexts of the modern world.
>
>=97 Michael Halliday
>
>
>The new book by Beaugrande is definitely very relevant for the fields of
text linguistics and discourse analysis. He develops a interesting new
approach and theory which is unique in the field. He also explores
applications of his theory and illustrates his assumption with hundreds of
examples. This book is a =91must=92 for any scholar who is working in these=
 domains.
>
>=97 Ruth Wodak
>
>
>A magnum opus in the now vast domain of discourse studies, whose history,
methods and subdomains nobody knows as well as Robert de Beaugrande.  No
other in book in the humanities and social sciences today integrates such
encyclopedic knowledge into a thoroughly transdisciplinary, international,
intercultural, and critical programme For all advanced students of
discourse, this book should be their major mentor, guide and compendium of
research.
>
> =97 Teun A. van Dijk
>
>
>Professor de Beaugrande has been one of the most influential scholars in
text linguistics since he helped to found it as a discipline. He commands a
large panorama of knowledge and brings this learning to bear on a variety of
topics, giving fresh insights and new dimensions. In his latest book, he
ranges over linguistic, educational, and cultural disciplines in order to
synthesise an important framework within which text and discourse can be
understood in new ways.
>
>=97 John Sinclair
>
>One reads the new book by Robert A. de Beaugrande not only with interest
and satisfaction, but also with a dose of surprise. It is not conceived as a
merely linguistic exposition, but rather as a compendious multidimensional
essay containing profound and sophisticated reflections on the position,
functions, and significance of human communication in the present-day
post-industrial society. The author brings forward convincing arguments for
the necessity to support =91the freedom of access to knowledge and society
through discourse=92 and to =91reconnect theory with practice=92 in a=
 science of
discourse whose =91ecological validity=92 would be understood through its
relevance to contemporary social and communicative needs. The author's
approach is truly transdisciplinary and one can only admire and appreciate
his wide outlook, and vast and intimate knowledge from all domains relevant
to the field of discourse science. Such a book deserves to be read and
reflected upon by anyone who wants to understand the functioning of language
communication in our epoch of turbulent social flux.
>
>=97 Frantisek Danes
>
>The table of contents runs as follows:
>
>I   Getting Started
...................................................................	1
>I.A. Science at the crossroads
.................................................	1
>I.B. Demonstrating our agenda: Consumerism versus ecologism .........	2
>I.C. Text as an event
............................................................	10
>Commentaries to Ch. I=
 ....................................................	18
>II   Toward a Science of Text and Discourse=
 .............................	21
>II.A. Paradigms for the study of language
..................................	21
>II.B. Textuality in grammar, rhetoric, and logic
............................	21
>II.C. Textuality in philology
..................................................	26
>II.D. Textuality in modern linguistics
........................................	28
>II.E. Moving toward text and discourse
.....................................	52
>II.F. A brief history of =91text linguistics=92
......................................	60
>II.G. Structuralism and
post-structuralism....................................	62
>II.H. Back to the future
.........................................................	67
>Commentaries to Ch. II .................................................	68
>III Designing Models of Cognition and Communication in Society 	78
>III.A. Moving from =91classical=92 to =91post-classical=92
........................... 	78
>III.B. Prospects for evolution in the design of models and domains .....	96
>III.C. Evolution into code
.....................................................	102
>III.D. Evolution in language and discourse
.................................	118
>III.E. Communication among the=
 sciences...................................	130
>III.F. Criteria for designing models
..........................................	144
>III.G. Modeling linearity
.......................................................	152
>III.H. Modeling resource constraints
.........................................	156
>III.I.  An interactive model for text and discourse processing
.............	159
>Commentaries to Ch. III ..............................................	172
>IV   Functionality and Textuality
............................................. 	180
>IV.A. Form, meaning, function, and textuality=
 .............................	180
>IV.B. Toward a functional, cognitive, and social lexicogrammar ........	186
>IV.B.1 Designing a scheme of Processes and Aspects ....................	196
>IV.B.2 Enriching the scheme
.................................................	207
>IV.B.3 From Clause to Phrase
................................................	238
>IV.B.4 The design of the lexicogrammar reconsidered=
 ....................	253
>IV.B.5 The lexicogrammar in the economy of discourse ..................	256
>IV.C. The economy of maintaining and compacting........................	258
>IV.D. The economy of joining
................................................	267
>IV.E. The prosodic level: Intonation and=
 punctuation......................	270
>IV.F. The =91discourse level=92
...................................................	282
>Commentaries to Ch. IV .............................................	286
> V   Intermediary Control Systems between Virtual and Actual .......292
>V.A. Style and stylistics
.......................................................	294
>V.B.  Text types and discourse domains ....................................
309=20
>V.C. Discourse for special purposes: =91LSP=92 and terminology=
 ............	323
>Commentaries to Ch.V ..................................................	344
>VI	Interlingual Discourse in Theory and Practice ....................	347
>VI.A. Indirect evidence: Comparing and contrasting languages ..........	348
>VI.B. Direct evidence: Interference, borrowing, and code-switching ....	354
>VI.C. Pidgins and creoles
.....................................................	362
>VI.D. Translation
...............................................................	368
>Commentaries to Ch. VI ..............................................	384
>VII	Discourse in Socialization and Education ..........................	386
>VII.A. Modeling socialization and education
................................ 	386
>VII.B. Modernization and multiculturalism
..................................	393
>VII.C. Education in =91crisis=92
....................................................	400
>VII.D. =91Modernizing=92 education: The evolution of design=
 .................	408
>VII.E. Educational research
....................................................	414
>VII.F. Doing, knowing, saying: Setting new priorities=
 .....................	420
>VII.G. The old and the new design for schooling=
 ...........................	423
>VII.H. Language learning and language acquisition=
 .........................	435
>VII.I. Discourse in the classroom
.............................................	440
>VII.J. Literacy and reading in =91native language=92 education
.................	445
>VII.K. Literacy and writing in =91native language=92 education=
 ................	463
>VII.K.1 Basic writing .................................................	468
>VII.K.2 =91Grammar=92 in the classroom ...............................	473
>VII.K.3 Composition .................................................	478
>VII.K.4 Literature in the schools ....................................	490
>VII.L. =91Non-native language=92 education
......................................	497
>Commentaries to Ch. VII .............................................	505
>VIII	Discourse and the =91Whole Human Being=92...........................=
	514
>VIII.A. The prospects for
=91wholeness=92........................................	513
>VIII.B. Discourse and culture in =91modern=92 diversity
........................	514
>VIII.C. Discourse and ideology
................................................	528
>VIII.D. Discourse and gender
..................................................	539
>VIII.E. Discourse and emotion
.................................................	553
>Commentaries to Ch. VIII ............................................	577
>References.................................................................
............	580
>Name Index
...........................................................................=
	646
>Subject Index
>
>With critical greetings
>RdB
>
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