The Summer Institute of Linguistics and The Unversity of Texas at Arlington, 1983. — 150 p. —ISBN: 0-88312-088-7.Contents:
Introduction
Situation as It Affects Communication
On the Nature of Assumptions in Communication
Scope of the Study
Underlying Assumptions of the Study
Synopsis of the Study
A Taxonomy of Communication Situations
The Need for a Taxonomy of Communication Situations
Distinctive Features of the Communication Situation Taxonomy
Related areas of Research
Concluding Remarks
Toward a Linguistic Model of Human Knowledge Structure
Frame: an Organizing Principle of Knowledge
Pragmatic Knowledge
Linguistic Models for Knowledge Structures
Functions of First Mention References in Discourse
On First Mention References in General
Grammatical Features of First Mention References
First Mention References and Cues
Conclusions
The Pragmatics of Author Comments
On Comments in General
Types of Author Comments
Marking of Author Comments
The Interpretation of Author Comments
Conclusions
Conclusions and Applications
Conclusions of the Study
Applications of This Study to Other Disciplines
The Analysis of an English Text
Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach
