Text, discourse and corpora : theory and analysis / Michael Hoey [and three others] ; with an introduction by John Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoey, Michael, author.

Series:

Corpus and discourse. Studies in corpus and discourse.

Library of New Testament studies.

Corpus and discourse

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Data processing.

Discourse analysis.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

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 internationally renowned authors, the chapters include coverage of the lexical priming theory, parole- linguistics, a four-part model of language system and language use, and the concept of local textual functions. The theoretical arguments are illustrated and complemented by case studies using data from large corpora such

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Introduction John Sinclair; 1 Lexical priming and literary creativity Michael Hoey; 2 Grammatical creativity: a corpus perspective Michael Hoey; 3 Paralinguistics and the diachronic dimension of the discourse Wolfgang Teubert; 4 Natural and human rights, work and property in the discourse of Catholic social doctrine Wolfgang Teubert; 5 On texts, corpora and models of language Michael Stubbs; 6 Quantitative data on multi-word sequences in English: the case of the word world Michael Stubbs

7 Lexical items in discourse: identifying local tetual functions of sustainable development Michaela Mahlberg8 Corpus stylistics: bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies Michaela Mahlberg; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20783-4

9786613207838

1-4411-9485-1

OCLC:

741687225