Corpora and Discourse
The challenges of different settings
Editors
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.
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 31] 2008. vi, 295 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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1. The challenges of different settings: An overviewAnnelie Ädel and Randi Reppen | pp. 1–6
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Section I. Exploring discourse in academic settings
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2. '…post-colonialism, multi-culturalism, structuralism, feminism, post-modernism and so on and so forth': A comparative analysis of vague category markers in academic discourseSteve Walsh, Anne O'Keeffe and Michael McCarthy | pp. 9–29
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3. Emphatics in academic discourse: Integrating corpus and discourse tools in the study of cross-disciplinary variationMarina Bondi | pp. 31–55
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4. Interaction, identity and culture in academic writing: The case of German, British and American academics in the humanitiesTamsin Sanderson | pp. 57–92
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Section II. Exploring discourse in workplace settings
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5. 'Got a date or something?': A corpus analysis of the role of humour and laughter in the workplace meetings of English language teachersElaine Vaughan | pp. 95–115
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6. Determining discourse-based moves in professional reportsLynne Flowerdew | pp. 117–131
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7. // --> ONE country two SYStems //: The discourse intonation patterns of word associationsWinnie Cheng and Martin Warren | pp. 135–153
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Section III. Exploring discourse in news and entertainment
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8. Who's speaking?: Evidentiality in US newspapers during the 2004 presidential campaignGregory Garretson and Annelie Ädel | pp. 157–187
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9. Television dialogue and natural conversation: Linguistic similarities and functional differencesPaulo Quaglio | pp. 189–210
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10. A corpus approach to discursive construction of hip-hop identityKristy Beers Fägersten | pp. 211–240
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Section IV. Exploring discourse through specific linguistic features
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11. The use of the it-cleft construction in 19th-century EnglishChristine Johansson | pp. 243–265
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12. Place and time adverbials in native and non-native English student writingWilliam J. Crawford | pp. 267–287
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Author index | p. 289
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Corpus and tools index | p. 291
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Subject index | pp. 293–295
“A fascinating collection of papers surveying the use of corpora in the study of discourse and discourses. An important book in an important area.”
Tony McEnery, Lancaster University
“This book is a solid piece of work, a great resource and a valuable addition to the growing literature in the area of Corpus Linguistics [...]. I strongly recommend this book to be added to student resources. Even interested undergraduates will find it useful and everybody who is either interested in Discourse Analysis or Corpus Linguistics will find it a valuable resource.”
Michael Pace-Sigge, University of Liverpool, on Linguist List 20.1298, 2009
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General