Overview

This book brings together contributions from a diverse collection of scholars who explore different ways of combining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, studying discourse at the prosodic, lexical, and textual levels. Both spoken and written discourse are investigated in a variety of settings, including academia, the workplace, news, and entertainment. Not only does the volume offer a rich sample of English-language discourse from around the world­, including international, learner, and non-standard varieties of English, ­but it also covers a range of topics and methods. This book will be of particular interest to researchers and students specializing in discourse studies, English linguistics, and corpus linguistics.

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Author:   Annelie Ädel (University of Michigan, USA) ,  Randi Reppen (Northern Arizona University, USA)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   31
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9789027223050

ISBN 10:   902722305
Pages:   295
Publication Date:   26 June 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. 1. The challenges of different settings: An overview (by Adel, Annelie); 2. Section I. Exploring discourse in academic settings; 3. 2. '...post-colonialism, multi-culturalism, structuralism, feminism, post-modernism and so on and so forth': A comparative analysis of vague category markers in academic discourse (by Walsh, Steve); 4. 3. Emphatics in academic discourse: Integrating corpus and discourse tools in the study of cross-disciplinary variation (by Bondi, Marina); 5. 4. Interaction, identity and culture in academic writing: The case of German, British and American academics in the humanities (by Sanderson, Tamsin); 6. Section II. Exploring discourse in workplace settings; 7. 5. 'Got a date or something?': A corpus analysis of the role of humour and laughter in the workplace meetings of English language teachers (by Vaughan, Elaine); 8. 6. Determining discourse-based moves in professional reports (by Flowerdew, Lynne); 9. 7. // --> ONE country two SYStems //: The discourse intonation patterns of word associations (by Cheng, Winnie); 10. Section III. Exploring discourse in news and entertainment; 11. 8. Who's speaking?: Evidentiality in US newspapers during the 2004 presidential campaign (by Garretson, Gregory); 12. 9. Television dialogue and natural conversation: Linguistic similarities and functional differences (by Quaglio, Paulo); 13. 10. A corpus approach to discursive construction of hip-hop identity (by Beers Fagersten, Kristy); 14. Section IV. Exploring discourse through specific linguistic features; 15. 11. The use of the it-cleft construction in 19th-century English (by Johansson, Christine); 16. 12. Place and time adverbials in native and non-native English student writing (by Crawford, William J.); 17. Author index; 18. Corpus and tools index; 19. Subject index

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