Abstract
On the basis of an empirical corpus several linguistic patterns of dream reporting are noted. Specifically, observations are made regarding the linguistic structures, the pragmatic patterns and the text structures of dream reports. In particular, it is noted that dream reports define a discourse situation that does not abide by the requirements on cooperation such as those stipulated by Grice. By contrast, with all their contentual peculiarities dreams are conveyed in a language that formally is not different from the one employed in general discourse.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 369-380 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Text |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |