Jean Michel Adam Les Textes Types Et Prototypes.pdf __link__ -
| Type | Dominant operation | Example | |------|-------------------|---------| | | Temporal transformation | Story, anecdote | | Descriptive | Property attribution | Portrait, landscape | | Argumentative | Justification/refutation | Essay, editorial | | Explanatory | Causal reasoning (why/how) | Scientific explanation | | Dialogal | Interaction/alternation | Dialogue, interview |
Les Textes: Types et Prototypes (1992), Jean-Michel Adam shifts linguistic focus from rigid text classification to the analysis of "prototypical sequences"—modular building blocks such as narrative, description, argumentation, explanation, and dialogue. Adam argues that real-world texts are complex, heterogeneous combinations of these sequences, rather than pure instances of a single type. Find a digital copy on the Internet Archive Types et prototypes textuels - Moodle@Units Jean Michel Adam Les Textes Types Et Prototypes.pdf
This shift allows for a gradient understanding of text. A text is not judged by whether it fits a definition, but by how closely it aligns with a central prototype. This resolves the anxiety of classification: a text can be "mostly" argumentative with "some" descriptive elements, without invalidating its categorization. | Type | Dominant operation | Example |
Instead of rigid boxes, Adam suggests we look at texts on a spectrum. A text is not judged by whether it
: Focused on a succession of events, thematic unity, and a final evaluation (e.g., stories, anecdotes).
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