This paper seeks to investigate some of the defining elements of narrative. The underlying assumption of my discussion is that the terms “narrative” and “story” do not refer to clearly defined, self-enclosed genres. Rather, they are part of a spectrum which embraces all forms of texts. Similarly, narratives and stories are not independent discourses but rather are an integral part of virtually ...

SThis paper will analyse an introduction to a research article using three approaches to discourseanalysis: Swales’ (1990) Genre Analysis, Hoey’s (1991) bonding theory and Mann and Thompson’s(1986) rhetorical structure theory. Swales looks for writer strategies; Hoey focuses on collocation,while Mann and Thompson look for relations among propositions. However, all three produce<...

the principle theoretical basis of this article is the concept of &apos;city text&apos; and the textuality standards. the article explores city as a text and takes the textuality standards into consideration for analyzing the city. text is one of the main elements that play a significant role in communication. people communicating by language do not do so simply by means of individual words or ...

this study investigated the utilization of intertextuality in the fourth edition of the interchange book series for english as foreign language (efl) learners using fairclough’s (1992) framework. ten texts were randomly chosen among the reading passages of the interchange book series and later analyzed regarding intertextuality kinds and methods of reporting. findings indicated that two types o...