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Robert de Beaugrande

American text linguist · Austria · On the map · Academics · Lived 1946 to 2008 · aged 62

Robert-Alain de Beaugrande was an American text linguist and discourse analyst, one of the leading figures of the Continental tradition in the discipline. He was one of the developers of the Vienna School of Textlinguistik, and published the seminal Introduction to Text Linguistics in 1981, with Wolfgang U. Dressler.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1984

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He was also a major figure in the consolidation of critical discourse analysis.

Country
Austria
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 2008 · aged 62