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It is now an acknowledged fact in the world of linguistics that the concept of evaluation is crucial, and that there is very little – if any – discourse that cannot be analyzed through the prism of its evaluative content. This book presents some of the latest developme…
The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which is the chronological and psychological culmination of it, is one of the few opportunities for the lawyer to communicate…
"What is a multimodal text? What are clusters and phases? How do texts integrate language, ambient sounds, colour, gaze, gesture and many other resources to make meaning? What differences are there in the meaning-making processes in printed, web, and film texts? In what sense is…
Of the characteristics of Problem-Solution patternsBibliographical end-notes; 8 Other culturally popular patterns; Introduction; The limitations of Problem-Solution patterning; The Goal-Achievement pattern; The Opportunity-Taking pattern; The Desire Arousal-Fulfilment pattern; T…
This work offers a clear account of written discourse analysis. Each chapter introduces key concepts and analytical techniques, describes important parallel work and major issues, and suggests how to apply the ideas to teaching and learning.
Text, discourse and corpora: theory and analysis
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Bringing together original contributions by internationally renowned authors, the chapters include coverage of the lexical printing theory, parole-linguistics, a four-part model of language system and language use, and the concept of local textual functions.
Text, discourse and corpora: theory and analysis
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Type: Book
Corpus linguistics is often regarded as a methodology in its own right, but little attention has been given to the theoretical perspectives from which the subject can be approached. The present book contributes to filling this gap. Bringing together original contributions by int…