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Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in spoken and written English
Edited by Antonia Sánchez-Macarro and Ronald Carter
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 158] 1998
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Table of contents

Forewordvii
Introduction
Meaning as work: Individuals, society and the production of representational resources3
I Written Genres
Resonance in text29
Conditional expressions: Meanings and realizations in two genres47
Pragmatic, stylistic and grammatical limitations on choice: A study of cause-effect signalling in English65
Functional variations in NG premodifiers in written English87
Information progression strategies in administrative forms: A cross-linguistic study99
Interpersonal choices in academic work117
The consequences of choice: Discursive positioning in an art institution137
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Lexical and grammatical choices in innovative language use in computer science155
Scientific discourse as interaction: Scientific articles vs. popularizations173
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Rhetorical relations and subordination in L2 writing191
II Spoken Genres
Quality choice and quality control217
Modality in the therapeutic dialogue239
The conversational dynamics of interactional dispute in conflictive calls for emergency assistance: A single case study265
Friends or strangers: Only their phases show for sure291
Lars Porsena and my bonk manager: A systemic-functional study in the semogenesis of the language of swearing301
Intonation choices in the English of non-native speakers: An exploratory study317
Index of subjects337
Index of names343


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