Toward a Grammar of Passages

by Richard M. Coe and Professor Richard M. Coe Ph.D.

Richard M. Coe has developed such a "grammar," one which uses a simple graphic instrument to analyze the meaningful relationships between sentences in a passage and to clarify the function of structure in discourse. Working in the tradition of Christensen's generative rhetoric, Coe presents a two-dimensional graphic matrix that effectively analyzes the logical relations between statements by mapping coordinate, subordinate, and superordinate relationships.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314207
• ISBN13: 9780809314201
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"