Some notes on thematics, topic, and typology

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Foreword xi
5. List of contributors xxi
6. Part I. Particular carriers of connectedness
7. Anaphoric pronouns and noun phrases as text connectors 3
8. “Functional sentence perspective” and text connectedness 23
9. Deictic expressions and the connexity of text 33
10. Some notes on thematics, topic, and typology 53
11. Subordinate and embedded coreference 65
12. Con and Co 83
13. How can the meaning of a text be represented? 93
14. Modality and text constitution 103
15. Ellipsis between connexity and coherence 119
16. Formal connexity and pragmatic cohesion in anaphora interpretation 137
17. Relevance of meaning, semantic disposition, and text coherence 153
18. The role of conjunctions and particles for text connexity 175
19. Connexity established by emphatic pronouns 191
20. Isotopy, coreference, and redundancy 207
21. Part II. Text-type specific aspects of connectedness
22. The development of text competence 225
23. Schema for the analysis of communicative coherence in interaction 245
24. On certain peculiarities of narrative cohesion 259
25. Dynamics of cohesion in lyrical texts 271
26. Paraphrase as a coherence principle in conversation 281
27. The concept of cohesion 291
28. Macro-structure, knowledge base, and coherence 309
29. Literary coherence and related topics 325
30. Elements of text-based and image-based connectedness in comic stories, and some analogies to cinema and written text 337
31. Part III. General theoretical and methodological questions of research in connectedness
32. Understanding, text, and coherence 363
33. Text coherence and text interpretation processing 377
34. Discursive construction 387
35. The objects of discourse 405
36. Relevant objects and situations 413
37. Connectedness and discourse structure 427
38. The grades of reading 441
39. Connexity, coherence, and the semantic net 463
40. Semiosis, coherence, and universes of meaning 483
41. Constitution and meaning 507
42. The role of inferences in text organization 543
43. Connectedness of texts and relevant consequences 563
44. Index of names 577