?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Global+coherence%2C+narrative+structure%2C+and+expectations+of+relevance&rft.creator=Unger%2C+Dr.+Christoph&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=A+topic+for+both+literary+studies+and+discourse+analysis+is+the+global+structure+of+texts.+Studies+of+global+text+structure+have+largely+been+focused+on+narrative+structure%2C+where+a+major+strand+of+research+has+been+devoted+to+the+role+which+grounding+(sometimes+called+information+staging+or+foreground-background+articulation)+has+for+discourse+structuring.+It+is+often+claimed+that+grounding+is+an+important+aspect+of+the+notion+of+global+coherence%2C+that+the+overt+realisation+of+grounding+effects+in+texts+depend+on+their+genre+and+that+this+is+generally+reflected+in+the+verbal+system+of+natural+languages+(e.g.+Caenepeel+1995%3B+Hooper+1998%3B+Hopper+1979%3B+Fleischmann+1985%3B+1990%3B+Longacre+1983%3B+1989).+However%2C+the+notions+of+foreground+and+background+are+notoriously+vague.+In+this+paper+I+will+argue+for+an+alternative+account+of+grounding+effects+based+on+the+relevance-theoretic+claim+that+the+fine-tuning+of+the+addressee's+expectations+of+relevance+is+an+essential+part+of+the+on-line+processing+of+complex+ostensive+stimuli+such+as+texts+(Unger+2001).+Linguistic+and+non-linguistic+clues+can+be+used+to+point+the+addressee+to+gradations+in+information+grounding+within+a+text+in+ways+which+far+extend+the+coding+resources+of+natural+languages.+This+account+may+provide+an+explanatory+account+for+Gumperz'+(1992)+%22contextualization+clues%22+and+thus+open+up+a+new+line+of+interdisciplinary+interaction+of+relevance-theoretic+pragmatics+with+some+strands+of+research+in+ethnomethodology.+It+also+suggests+the+idea+that+the+emergence+of+literary+form+may+be+facilitated+by+the+relevance-orientedness+of+cognition+and+communication+which+suggests+that+the+more+clues+the+communicator+can+give+for+fine-tuning+the+addressee's+expectation+of+relevance+in+complex+stimuli%2C+the+better+chance+of+successful+communication+he+has%2C+which+in+turn+motivates+the+use+of+communicative+clues+far+beyond+the+coding+resources+of+given+natural+languages+as+well+as+adherence+to+cultural+conventions+regarding+the+form+of+texts.+&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5440%2F1%2Fnarr_structure_rel.pdf&rft.identifier=++Unger%2C+Dr.+Christoph++(2002)+Global+coherence%2C+narrative+structure%2C+and+expectations+of+relevance.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5440%2F