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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975401503321

Autore

Taboada Maria Teresa

Titolo

Building coherence and cohesion : task-oriented dialogue in English and Spanish / / Maria Teresa Taboada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2004

ISBN

9786612160189

9781282160187

1282160184

9789027295057

9027295050

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; 129

Classificazione

IM 3270

Disciplina

420.1/41

Soggetti

English language - Discourse analysis

English language - Grammar, Comparative - Spanish

Spanish language - Grammar, Comparative - English

Spanish language - Discourse analysis

English language - Spoken English

Spanish language - Spoken Spanish

Conversation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-244) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Building Coherence and Cohesion -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations and conventions -- Preface -- Introduction -- A framework for the analysis of speech genres -- 2.1. Genre defined -- 2.1.1. Bakhtin's speech genres -- 2.1.2. Register analysis, functional genre theory and generic   structure potential -- 2.1.3. Genre and register -- 2.1.4. Genres, frames, scripts and schemata -- 2.1.5. Genres and prototype theory -- 2.1.6. A working definition of genre -- 2.2. Applications of generic analysis -- 2.3. Components in a generic analysis of conversation -- 2.4. Scheduling dialogues as genre -- Notes -- Data description -- 3.1. The task -- 3.2. Recording -- 3.3. Transcription conventions -- 3.3.1. Human noises -- 3.3.2. Silence --



3.3.3. Mispronunciations -- 3.3.4. False starts -- 3.3.5. Transcriber comments -- 3.3.6. Unit markers -- 3.3.7. Other conventions -- 3.3.8. Summary of transcription conventions -- 3.4. Speaker pairs and dialogues -- 3.5. Use of terms and translations -- 3.6. Other remarks on the corpus -- Note -- The thematic structure of dialogue -- 4.1. The many accounts of Theme-like concepts -- 4.2. Thematic realization in English and in Spanish -- 4.2.1. English -- 4.2.2. Spanish -- 4.3. Thematic realization in scheduling dialogues -- 4.3.1. Two examples -- 4.3.2. Thematic selection patterns -- 4.3.3. Thematic selection and Transitivity -- 4.4. Definition and articulation of thematic progression -- 4.5. Thematic progression in scheduling dialogues -- 4.6. Thematic progression and genre -- 4.7. Summary -- Notes -- Rhetorical relations in dialogue -- 5.1. Rhetorical relations and text analysis -- 5.2. Mann &amp -- Thompson's Rhetorical Structure Theory -- 5.3. Rhetorical relations in the present study -- 5.4. RST in conversation.

5.5. Results: Turn-by-turn analysis -- 5.5.1. Background -- 5.5.2. Concession -- 5.5.3. Condition -- 5.5.4. Elaboration -- 5.5.5. Joint -- 5.5.6. Non-Volitional Cause -- 5.5.7. Non-Volitional Result -- 5.5.8. Restatement -- 5.5.9. Volitional Result -- 5.6. Results: Conversation-as-a-whole analysis -- 5.6.1. Evaluation -- 5.6.2. Solutionhood -- 5.6.3. Restatement -- 5.7. Discourse markers -- 5.8. Summary -- Notes -- Cohesion in dialogue -- 6.1. A brief introduction to cohesion -- 6.1.1. Texture and structure, coherence and cohesion -- 6.1.2. Types of cohesive relations -- 6.1.3. Distance of cohesion and cohesive chains -- 6.2. Cohesion in scheduling dialogues -- 6.2.1. Cohesion types -- 6.2.2. Distances: Types and length -- 6.2.3. Chains: Types and length -- 6.3. Summary -- Notes -- The generic structure of scheduling dialogues -- 7.1. Stages in scheduling dialogues -- 7.2. Speech acts -- 7.3. Development of stages through speech acts -- 7.4. Thematic structure and staging -- 7.5. Rhetorical relations and staging -- 7.6. Cohesion and staging -- 7.7. Characterization of stages -- 7.8. Summary -- Notes -- Conclusions and consequences -- Speech act inventory -- a.1. Accept -- a.2. Ask-date -- a.3. Backchannel -- a.4. Channel -- a.5. Filled-pause -- a.6. Goodbye -- a.7. Greeting -- a.8. Inform -- a.9. Inform-availability -- a.10. Other -- a.11. Politey -- a.12. Propose-action -- a.13. Propose-place -- a.14. Reject-date -- a.15. Repeat-confirm -- a.16. Request-action -- a.17. Request-confirmation -- a.18. Request-date -- a.19. Request-information -- a.20. Request-meeting -- a.21. Request-place -- a.22. Self-introduction -- a.23. Vocative -- Note -- References -- Name index -- Subject index -- The Pragmatics &amp -- Beyond New Series.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the resources that speakers employ when building conversations. These resources contribute to overall coherence and cohesion, which speakers create and maintain interactively as they build on each other's contributions. The study is cross-linguistic, drawing on parallel corpora of task-oriented dialogues between dyads of native speakers of English and Spanish. The framework of the investigation is the analysis of speech genres and their staging; the analysis shows that each stage in the dialogues exhibits different thematic, rhetorical, and cohesive relations. The main contributions of the book are: a corpus-based characterization of a spoken genre (task-oriented dialogue); the compilation of a body of analysis tools for generic analysis; application of English-based analyses to Spanish and comparison between the two languages; and a study of the characteristics of each generic stage in task-oriented dialogue.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960896303321

Titolo

Large-scale biomedical science : exploring strategies for future research / / Sharyl J. Nass and Bruce W. Stillman, editors ; Committee on Large-scale Science and Cancer Research, National Cancer Policy Board and Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

9786610209170

9781280209178

1280209178

9780309506984

0309506980

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NassSharyl J

StillmanBruce

Disciplina

610/.7/2073

Soggetti

Medicine - Research - Government policy - United States

Cancer - Research - Government policy - United States

Federal aid to medical research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front matter""; ""Acronyms""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Defining "Large-Scale Science" in Biomedical Research""; ""3 Models of Large-Scale Science""; ""4 Funding for Large-Scale Science""; ""5 Organization and Management of Large-Scale Biomedical Research Projects""; ""6 Training and Career Structures in Biomedical Research""; ""7 Intellectual Property and Access to Research Tools and Data""; ""8 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""

""Appendix: A History of Government Funding of Basic Science Research and the Development of Big-Science Projects in the Context of High-Energy Particle Physics""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The nature of biomedical research has been evolving in recent years. Technological advances that make it easier to study the vast complexity of biological systems have led to the initiation of projects with a larger scale and scope. In many cases, these large-scale analyses may be the



most efficient and effective way to extract functional information from complex biological systems. Large-Scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Research looks at the role of these new large-scale projects in the biomedical sciences. Though written by the National Academies (TM) Cancer Policy Board, this book addresses implications of large-scale science extending far beyond cancer research. It also identifies obstacles to the implementation of these projects, and makes recommendations to improve the process. The ultimate goal of biomedical research is to advance knowledge and provide useful innovations to society. Determining the best and most efficient method for accomplishing that goal, however, is a continuing and evolving challenge. The recommendations presented in Large-Scale Biomedical Science are intended to facilitate a more open, inclusive, and accountable approach to large-scale biomedical research, which in turn will maximize progress in understanding and controlling human disease.