Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication (Studies in English Language)

Firbas, Jan

ISBN 10: 0521373085 / ISBN 13: 9780521373081

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication (Studies in English Language)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521373085
• ISBN 13: 9780521373081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

Book Description

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.