Taming of the Text

<p>The contributors of this text first published in 1988 provide a dynamic view of the social functioning of texts taking account of linguistic literary and cultural elements. They bring together innovative perspectives on literary analysis and theory on pragmatics and discourse analysis as well as on text linguistics and reception theory. Various text types are examined and the editor introduces each chapter in order to draw them all together to make a fascinating and cohesive whole. </p>