| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 171-173 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780521866897 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2011 |
Abstract
What is a discourse? What makes a discourse coherent or incoherent? Investigation into these difficult questions has yielded so many sophisticated proposals that a short, comprehensive survey is well out of reach.