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Jean-Michel Adam’s "Les Textes: Types et Prototypes" proposes that texts are complex, heterogeneous compositions formed by combining five fundamental, prototypical sequences: narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository, and dialogic. Moving away from rigid classification, Adam’s framework emphasizes identifying dominant sequences within a text's overall structure rather than labeling it as a single, pure type.
Between the sentence and the whole text, Adam posits – relatively autonomous, typologically marked chunks. A long argumentative text may contain narrative examples; a novel includes descriptive sequences. This avoids the “all or nothing” trap of earlier typologies. Jean Michel Adam Les Textes Types Et Prototypes.pdf
(Invoking related search terms for further exploration...) sequences Between the sentence and the whole text,
Adam identifies several text types, which are characterized by their specific communicative functions, structures, and linguistic features. Some common text types include: Adam posits – relatively autonomous
“Good,” he said. “Now, a descriptive sequence. What does the grandfather’s workshop look like?”
Jean-Michel Adam’s "Les Textes: Types et Prototypes" proposes that texts are complex, heterogeneous compositions formed by combining five fundamental, prototypical sequences: narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository, and dialogic. Moving away from rigid classification, Adam’s framework emphasizes identifying dominant sequences within a text's overall structure rather than labeling it as a single, pure type.
Between the sentence and the whole text, Adam posits – relatively autonomous, typologically marked chunks. A long argumentative text may contain narrative examples; a novel includes descriptive sequences. This avoids the “all or nothing” trap of earlier typologies.
(Invoking related search terms for further exploration...)
Adam identifies several text types, which are characterized by their specific communicative functions, structures, and linguistic features. Some common text types include:
“Good,” he said. “Now, a descriptive sequence. What does the grandfather’s workshop look like?”
