Alexander Bain and the genesis of paragraph theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9236337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ned A Shearer (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 408-417 |
| Publication date | 1972-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335637209383139 |
| OpenAlex | W2066770035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Alexander Bain popularized six rules for paragraph construction within his rhetorical theory. As a result, he is usually called the founder of paragraph theory. His concept of the paragraph appears to be analogically derived from sentence theory. Bain, however, was not the first to theorize about paragraphs and may have been influenced by his predecessors. Furthermore, his compositional theory in general as well as his sentence theory could have influenced his paragraph theory. An examination of his association psychology reveals a logically consistent rationale for the derivation of Bain's paragraph theory
Epistemology · Linguistics · Paragraph · Political science · Rhetorical question · Sentence · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1997 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |