10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIGRESSIVENESS»
Discover the use of
digressiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
digressiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Culture and Styles of Academic Discourse
Analyzing. digressiveness. in. Polish. academic. texts*. Anna. Duszak. 1 .
Academic. writing. and. attitudes. toward. form. Clarity constitutes an important
aspect of academic writing. The logic of argumentation requires, among other
things, the ...
2
Open Form and the Shape of Ideas: Literary Structures as ...
Yet the digressiveness of the Quijote, as we have already seen, was not naive,
and if the book is not rejecting formalism before the fact, its conscious and
multifarious use of digressions is surely intended to do something more than
taunt ...
3
Communication Across Cultures: Mutual Understanding in a ...
8.4 'DIGRESSIVENESS': A FEATURE OF GERMAN ACADEMIC REGISTER
Clyne (1987:213) lists the following four features of the German aca- demic
register, whichhave been observed byvariousresearchers, and which students
entering ...
Heather Bowe, Kylie Martin, 2007
4
Subject-oriented Texts: Languages for Special Purposes and ...
Linearity I Digressiveness In view of our above comparison, 'digressiveness' can
be seen as not culturally value-free. In the analysis of the texts, digressiveness
was assessed in three ways: Qualitatively in terms of propositions that are not ...
5
Sequel to History: Postmodernism and the Crisis of ...
For example, it is notorious in some circles how the Freud industry has codified
and purveyed Freud's arbitrary and unbalanced view of digressiveness,
playfulness, habitual indirection. According to Freud, such habits have a
physiological ...
Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth, 1992
6
Textologie und Translation
Quoting Clyne (1987) he notes that German academic pa- pers differ from their
English counterparts in their greater degree of digressiveness (their notorious
excursuses). He does not make the recommendation which I would prefer, that is
to ...
Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, 2003
7
The Pragmatics of Academic Writing: A Relevance Approach to ...
This can be contrasted with the idea of digression, or digressiveness, described
by Clyne (1994) as enabling "writers to add a theoretical component in an
empirical text, a historical overview, ideological dimension, or simply more
content, ...
8
Linguistics Across Historical and Geographical Boundaries
One characteristic of such patterns is more digressiveness, i. e. less compulsion
to stick to a specific point. In our opinion, this is sufficient to account for the
observed digressiveness in Kaplan's study. The different patterns that he found
among ...
Dieter Kastovsky, A. J. Szwedek, Jacek Fisiak, 1986
9
The Eighteenth Century English Novel
Compulsiveness of and in the Tale-teller becomes a terrifying counter-Sublime of
counter-Enthusiasm, a digressiveness turned against digressiveness, a vapor
against vapors: Besides, there is something Individual in human Minds, that
easily ...
Compulsiveness of and in the Tale-teller becomes a terrifying counter-Sublime of
counter-Enthusiasm, a digressiveness turned against digressiveness, a vapor
against vapors: Besides, there is something Individual in human Minds, that
easily ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIGRESSIVENESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
digressiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
Paul Di Filippo reviews James L. Cambias
... the propulsive, cosmopolitan thrills of Reamde, but does not feature Stephenson's sometimes exhausting obsessiveness and digressiveness. «Locus Online, May 15»
Xavier Herbert's Poor Fellow My Country republished for 40th …
And he describes the plot — for lack of a better term to describe an incorrigible digressiveness that renders the novel (at 850,000 words, a third ... «The Australian, Nov 14»
East to West along a Turkish river
That digressiveness may try the patience of some readers, but most will find Seal a companionable guide to Anatolia's ancient and modern ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Oct 14»
Documented: Film Review
... emotionally testifying before Congress, reveals the directors' inexperience with its occasional rambling digressiveness and self-indulgence. «Hollywood Reporter, May 14»
'From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town,' by Ingrid D. Rowland
Rowland keeps up her wonderful digressiveness throughout. In her account of Leopold Mozart's visit to Naples and environs, with his teenage ... «Washington Post, Apr 14»
Travel as it was — and as it can be.
By embracing “a resolute digressiveness,” the texts often amount to something we are accustomed to find in French literature, and perhaps in ... «The Fortnightly Review, Mar 14»
You Can Now Watch Louis C.K.'s 1998 Film About a Man Who …
The story—and despite its digressiveness and apparent discontinuity, Tomorrow Night does consist of a story, not just a bundled collection of ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 14»
Hunters in the Snow by Daisy Hildyard – review
... sense the very form of Hunters in the Snow reflects not just his own "messy and confused" work, but the infinite digressiveness of the internet, ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
Michael Paterniti's 'Telling Room'
Paterniti argues that his digressiveness is faithful to the wending and winding rhythms of life as it is lived in old Castile. To which the wife, ... «New York Times, Aug 13»
IoS film review: Life of Pi
The first half hour is a luminously shot account of Pi's upbringing at his father's zoo, making mercifully brief work of the mercurial digressiveness ... «The Independent, Dec 12»
