Real and Non-Real Time Interaction: Unraveling Multiple Threads of Discourse.

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Title: Real and Non-Real Time Interaction: Unraveling Multiple Threads of Discourse.
Language: English
Authors: Black, Steven D.
Source: Discourse Processes. Jan-Mar 1983 6(1):59-75.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 1983
Document Type: Reports - Research
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Fixed Sequence, Mass Media, Reading Research, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Time
Abstract: Compares discourse in several different media and finds that strict sequentiality is not a universal feature of discourse. Concludes that discourse in nonreal time media, such as electronic message systems, has multiple threads. (FL)
Journal Code: CIJFEB1984
Entry Date: 1984
Accession Number: EJ287936
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Compares discourse in several different media and finds that strict sequentiality is not a universal feature of discourse. Concludes that discourse in nonreal time media, such as electronic message systems, has multiple threads. (FL)