What's in a text? : inquiries into the textual cornucopia / edited by Adam Glaz, Hubert Kowalewski and Anna Weremczuk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Głaz, Adam.

Kowalewski, Hubert.

Weremczuk, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Congresses.

Discourse analysis.

Literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Numerous linguists of various orientations, translators and literary scholars share an interest in text. As students of language with very diverse interests and aims, they ask themselves, if only subconsciously, the following questions: What kind(s) of texts do we study? Why do we study them? What are we looking for? What do and don't we find? What do we do with whatever we do find? What does it tell us about language, its speakers or the human mind? Generally, what is (a) text for me as a l...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART III; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; PART IV; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; PART V; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; THEMATIC INDEX

Notes:

Papers from a conference held September 2010, Lublin, Poland.

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ISBN:

1-280-48640-6

9786613581389

1-4438-3813-6

OCLC:

794544653