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Modèles de structures informationnelles globales de discours
Models of global information structures in discourse

Author(s): Ewa Miczka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Models of global information structure; theme; rheme; levels of information structure.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the types of global organisation of information structures in discourse. Information structures are defined as hierarchically organized thematic-rhematic structures and, in their thematic part, the author distinguishes three levels represented by: global theme, theme of a group of sentences and sentence theme. The author focuses her attention on two highest levels of information structure and describes the models of global information Structure.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 201-212
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French
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