LINGUIST List 15.1989

Tue Jul 6 2004

Books: Syntax/Pragmatics: Insua

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    Message 1: Existential There-Constructions in Contemporary British English: Insua

     Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:04:02 -0400 (EDT)
    From: lincom.europa <lincom.europat-online.de>
    Subject: 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)

    See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=10734.







































































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