E-encyclopedia of Discourse Structures (EDS)

[Christian Preuß(sz)]

Hello
I´m very interested in discourse analysis of Latin and Greek(ancient)
Language!

Christian Preuß

Celso Alvarez Caccamo schrieb:

> Teun & All,
>
> The E-Encyclopedia of Discourse Structures is of course a
> great idea. You ask,
>
> > My request to the subscribers to this list is to let me (or the whole
> > list) know whether
> > - they think this is a good idea,
> > - what would make the idea even better,
> > - they have other suggestions or critique,
>
> I'm going to say some obvious things. Perhaps some of
> these issues have been raised already:
>
> Entries in what language?
> Examples/Structures from which language(s)?
>
> I think these are important questions, as I don't think
> everybody would agree that notions such as "conversational
> opening" or "pre-sequence" are transparent or 'universal'
> enough that illustrations from any given language-culture
> would suffice. Telephone openings are a good case. Or,
> summons, for example. Not to speak of illocutionary
> acts, conversational maxims, the meaning of indirectness,
> the turn-construction role of "pauses" vs. "silences",
> positive/negative politeness, "overlap" vs. "interruption",
> etc. etc.
>
> So, what's your feeling about this?
>
> -celso
>
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