LINGUIST List 15.1989

Tue Jul 6 2004

Books: Syntax/Pragmatics: Insua

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

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1. lincom.europa, Existential There-Constructions in Contemporary British English: Insua

Title: Existential There-Constructions in Contemporary British English
Subtitle: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of their Use in Speech and Writing
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in English Linguistics 07

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Lincom GmbH
		http://www.lincom-europa.com
		http://lincom.at

Author: Ana E. Mart�nez Insua

Paperback: ISBN: 3895867365, Pages: 200, Price: EURO 64
Paperback: ISBN: 3895867365, Pages: 200, Price: US $76.80
Paperback: ISBN: 3895867365, Pages: 200, Price: GBP 42.88


Abstract:

The present study of contemporary English existential
there-constructions (TCs) offers a general view of the state-of-art in
current investigation about these constructions, and a corpus-driven
analysis of their use in present day British speech and writing. From
a functional perspective, this work gathers data from a sub-corpus of
the British National Corpus and pays special attention to the
influence that the medium of expression might have on the frequency,
distribution, form and function of TCs. It addresses the need for a
joint approach to TCs that focuses not only on their syntactic and
semantic aspects, but also on their pragmatics. From the initial
assumption of the signal function of there and TCs, the study proposes
a pragmatic categorization of TCs in context, and presents it as the
basis for an effective methodology that might lead to a better
understanding of TCs and their use in contemporary English. (also see
the LINCOM webshop: lincom.at). Course discounts available!


Lingfield(s):	Corpus Linguistics,
		Pragmatics,
		Semantics,
		Syntax

Subject Language(s):	English
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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