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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
John Benjamins Pub Co
Publication date
December 30, 2005
Pages
206
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789027222916
ISBN-10
9027222916
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Published in
Europe
Original list price
$149.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns. General nouns are defined as high-frequency nouns that are characterised by their textual functions. Although the concept is motivated by Halliday & Hasan (1976), the corpus theoretical approach adopted in the present study is fundamentally different and set in a linguistic framework that prioritises lexis. The study investigates 20 nouns that are very frequent in mainstream English, as represented by the Bank of English Corpus. The corpus-driven approach to the data involves a critical discussion of descriptive tools, such as patterns, semantic prosodies, and primings of lexical items, and the concept of 'local textual functions' is put forward to characterise the functions of the nouns in texts. The study not only suggests a characterisation of general nouns, but also stresses that functions of lexical items and properties of texts are closely linked. This link requires new ways of describing language.
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from John Benjamins Pub Co (December 30, 2005)
9789027222916 | details & prices | 206 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $149.00
About: This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns.
About: This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns.
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