The Grammar of Discourse

1 Monologue Discourse.- 1.1 Discourse Typology in Notional and Surface Structures.- 1.2 Main Line vs Supportive Material.- 1.3 The Composer.- 1.4 Plot And Similar Structures.- 2 Repartee.- 2.1 Simple Repartee.- 2.2 Complex Repartee.- 2.3 Abeyance Repartee.- 2.4 Compound Repartee.- 2.5 Non-Verbal Resolution and Further Paragraph Types.- 2.6 The Number of Speakers in a Dialogue.- 2.7 Out of Phase Relations Between Notional And Surface Structures.- 2.8 Repartee as A Game.- 2.9 Summary.- 3 Combination Of Predications.- 3.1 Conjoining.- 3.2 Alternation.- 3.3 Temporal.- 3.4 Implication.- 3.5 Paraphrase.- 3.6 Illustration.- 3.7 Deixis.- 3.8 Attribution.- 3.9 Frustration.- 3.10 Definition of Symbols.- 4 Cases or Roles.- 4.1 Experiencer.- 4.2 Patient.- 4.3 Agent.- 4.4 Range.- 4.5 Measure.- 4.6 Instrument.- 4.7 Locative.- 4.8 Source.- 4.9 Goal.- 4.10 Path.- 4.11 Peripheral Cases.- 4.12 Cases Posited by Hale and the Pikes.- 5 Case Frames.- 5.1 A Scheme of Case Frames.- 5.2 Further Systematic Concerns.- 5.3 Relevance of Case Frames to Discourse.- 6 Some Further Levels of Notional Structure.- 6.1 Derivation.- 6.2 Inflection.- 6.3 Concretion.- 6.4 Performatives.- 7 A Framework for Discourse Analysis.- 7.1 Hierarchy.- 7.2 Tagmeme and Syntagmeme.- 7.3 The Law of Primary Exponence.- 7.4 General Theory of Exponence.- 7.5 Characteristics of the Various Levels.- 7.6 Variety in Nature.- 7.7 Similarities Between Levels.- 7.8 Some Deviant Schematizations.- 7.9 Notional and Surface Structure in a Hierarchical Framework.- 7.10 Surface Structure Meaning.- 7.11 Notional Structure Form.- 7.12 Mapping of Notional Levels Onto Surface Levels.- 7.13 Tagmeme and Syntagmeme in This Setting.- 7.14 Multiple Perspective.- 7.15 A Trimodal Model.- 8 A Concluding Essay: Toward Maximum Context.- Appendix: TheNotional and Surface Structure of English Clauses.