Chapter 10 Text linguistics
We have looked at rules that combine morphemes into larger units called “words” and rules that combine words into larger units called “clause” (or “sentence”). There are no corresponding rules that combine sentences into the even larger units we often call “texts”, but nevertheless, texts are not just random sequences of sentences. In this chapter, we will look at some of the general principles (not rules) that distinguish such random sequences from the texts we encounter in actual language use.
When you’ve completed this chapter, you’ll be able to:
