Relations and Functions Within and Around Language

Author:   Michael Cummings ,  Peter Fries ,  Professor of Sociology and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) David Lockwood, Dr (University of Essex) ,  William Spruiell
Publisher:   Continuum
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9781306847339


Pages:   410
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Format:   Electronic book text
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This book describes language as a network of functional relations involving a context which is also a network of functional relations. Part I presents essays from a variety of perspectives on the theory of language as functional relations. Part II presents essays which describe an oral text from a variety of functional perspectives. All of the essays are by linguists interested in oral and written texts who have achieved international recognition in their fields. Illustrated in this book are cognitive, social construction, social praxis and anthropological approaches to the description of text. Currently in linguistics there is a movement towards careful use of corpora in linguistic and text analysis. This movement has involved the use of written corpora, spoken corpora and corpora which consist of combinations of spoken and written text. But little detailed discussion of the language of oral texts has been published. Most text analyses address written texts -- often literary works. This book is among the first to integrate the analysis of the language of spoken and written texts.

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Author:   Michael Cummings ,  Peter Fries ,  Professor of Sociology and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) David Lockwood, Dr (University of Essex) ,  William Spruiell
Publisher:   Continuum
Imprint:   Continuum
ISBN:  

9781306847339


ISBN 10:   1306847338
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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