Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Malcolm Coulthard: a short appreciation -- Publications of Malcolm Coulthard -- Introduction -- WRITTEN DISCOURSE STRUCTURE -- A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF POLARITY AND PRIMARY TENSE IN THE ENGLISH FINITE CLAUSE -- A COMMON SIGNAL IN DISCOURSE: HOW THE WORD REASON IS USED IN TEXTS -- GRAMMAR AND LEXIS: SOME PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- DESCRIBING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LANGUAGE: PUPILS, TEACHERS AND THE LINC PROGRAMME -- PRINCIPLES OF CONVERSATION IN BEOWULFIAN SPEECH -- LANGUAGE, CHARACTER AND ACTION: A LINGUISTIC APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER IN A HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY -- REPRESENTATIONS IN PROSE: SETTING THE SCENE -- TELLING TALES -- SPOKEN DISCOURSE MARKERS IN WRITTEN TEXT -- A COMPARISON OF 'POLICESPEAK' AND 'NORMALSPEAK': A PRELIMINARY STUDY -- FROM DISCOURSE ANALYSIS TO CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: THE DIFFERENTIAL RE-PRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MEN SPEAKING IN WRITTEN NEWS -- Index.