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Advances in Corpus-based Contrastive Linguistics: Studies in honour of Stig JohanssonEdited by Karin Aijmer and Bengt Altenberg
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 54] 2013
► pp. 201–232
Cohesive substitution in English and German
A contrastive and corpus-based perspective
Kerstin Kunz | University of Saarland, Germany
Erich Steiner | University of Saarland, Germany
Our paper outlines a contrastive account of cohesive substitution in English and German. We start with a clarification of the relationship between cohesive reference, substitution/ellipsis and lexical cohesion in terms of prototypical lexicogrammatical realizations, semantic functionalities and types of textual and cognitive relations. We then turn to a systemic overview of nominal, verbal and clausal substitution mechanisms and complement it by empirical findings from the GECCo corpus about frequencies of semantic cohesive functions and preferred lexicogrammatical realizations depending on language and register (including originals vs. translations). Finally we provide some initial explanations of our observations and outline how a comparison of English and German substitution relates to generalizations of contrastive grammar and to possible pathways of language contact and change.
Published online: 13 March 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.54.12kunz
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.54.12kunz
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