Geneva School

[Bill Mann]

Dear RST list subscribers:

I am always interested in discourse analysis frameworks.  Each approach seems to
offer a unique contribution.

Some time ago I got a message from Eddy Roulet in Geneva, Switzerland.  He is a
leader of the "Geneva School,"  which among other things does discourse
analysis.

There are resemblances between Geneva School analyses of texts and those of RST.
Roulet's group talks about some of the dynamics of text reception, which RST
does not except implicitly with Preparation, Background, Concession and so
forth.

They work almost entirely in French, and the work is not well known outside of
the French speaking world.  Still, it may be of interest to those of you who
read French.

Prof. Roulet's email address and a web page address are referenced below.

Bill Mann

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Roulet at uni2a.unige.ch

page web sous http://www.unige.ch/lettres/latl/