Principles of segmentation in the literary text. The case of the formally unsegmented text

Bibliographic Data

ID20155948
AuthorsRachel Giora (0000-0001-9628-9088, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume2
Issue2
Pages15-28
Publication date1986-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387
PublisherUnisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.1080/02564718608529790
OpenAlexW2059240838
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

This article explores the relationship that exists between the formal and functional units of a text, and attempts to show that some strategy of text segmentation can function as a device of text progression as it enables the concatenation of new segments. Within the framework of information structuring text segmentation is motivated by the need to change ‘Discourse Topics’ (DTs). If segmentation occurs where a new DT is presented to the text, the options available for the text are either to be segmented before or after the introduction of the new discourse segment. The article focusses on text segmentation after DT mention. Though the literary text is shown to conform to norms of text segmentation it is employed in an elaborate manner for poetic purposes. Deviant as it is, the literary text obeys cognitive and communicative postulates

Combinatorics · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Segmentation · Structuring · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence

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