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Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication

Hardback

Main Details

Title Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jan Firbas
SeriesStudies in English Language
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 158
Category/GenrePhilosophy of language
Semantics
ISBN/Barcode 9780521373081
ClassificationsDewey:401
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 10 Tables, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 25 June 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Prague School theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP) is concerned with the distribution of information as determined by all meaningful elements in a written or spoken sentence, such as intonation, word order and context. Jan Firbas discusses the key phenomenon of communicative dynamism, which the sentence elements carry in different degrees, and the distribution of which determines the orientation or perspective of the sentence.