Middlebury

FREN 6613

Textual Linguistics

Textual Linguistics

This course focuses on the study of clause order and grouping within a text. We will study enunciation as a basic textual unit, and the concept of viewpoint. We will discuss various phenomena related to enunciation (situation and development); verbal mode, modality, modalization; use of verbal tense; illocution; connectors; and sequencing (narrative and argumentative sequence structures). Using the text as reference, we will focus on the construction of reference (anaphora and coreference) and textual cohesion (thematic progression, etc.).
No previous knowledge on linguistics is required.
No required texts.
Subject:
French
Department:
French
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Linguistics Methodology

Sections in Summer 2006, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2006, LS 6 Week Session

FREN6613A-L06 Lecture