LINGUIST List 17.3408

Mon Nov 20 2006

Qs: Verbal Form Variation in Sublanguages

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Eugenia Eumeridou, Verbal Form Variation in Sublanguages

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Message 1: Verbal Form Variation in Sublanguages
Date: 15-Nov-2006
From: Eugenia Eumeridou <evmoiricsd.aegean.gr>
Subject: Verbal Form Variation in Sublanguages


I would like to ask if there has been any recent work on sublanguage/genreor text type discrimination on the basis of verbal form (both finite andnon-finite forms)or if there has been recent work referring to verb formdistribution i.e. which are the most frequent tenses or verb forms etc. inspecific special languages. I am particularly interested in the legal,commercial, computing or science special language in general.

I am aware of the work by Sager Sager, J.C. Dungworth, D. and McDonald,P.F. 1980. English Special Languages. Wiebaden: Brandstetter Verlag. butI wonder if there is anything more recent on the subject,

Thank you in advance.

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