Michael Hoey is Baines Professor of English Language and Director of the Applied English Language Studies Unit at the University of Liverpool. His books include On the Surface of Discourse and Patterns of Lexis in Text.

• Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. What to expect and what not to expect. Chapter 2. Text as a site for interaction. Chapter 3. Interaction in text: the larger perspective. Chapter 4. The heirachical organisation of texts. Chapter 5. The organisation of some 'Cinderella' texts. Chapter 6. A matrix perspective on text. Chapter 7. Culturally popular patterns of text organisation. Chapter 8. Other culturally popular patters. Chapter 9. When the pattern turns into a dialogue. Bibliography.

Michael Hoey is Baines Professor of English Language and Director of the Applied English Language Studies Unit at the University of Liverpool. His books include On the Surface of Discourse and Patterns of Lexis in Text.

• Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. What to expect and what not to expect. Chapter 2. Text as a site for interaction. Chapter 3. Interaction in text: the larger perspective. Chapter 4. The heirachical organisation of texts. Chapter 5. The organisation of some 'Cinderella' texts. Chapter 6. A matrix perspective on text. Chapter 7. Culturally popular patterns of text organisation. Chapter 8. Other culturally popular patters. Chapter 9. When the pattern turns into a dialogue. Bibliography.