Corpora, Grammar and Discourse
In honour of Susan Hunston
Editors
Corpus linguistics has had a revolutionary impact on grammar and discourse research. Not only has it opened up entirely new theoretical perspectives and methodological possibilities for both fields, but it has also to a considerable extent erased the boundaries that have traditionally been drawn between them. This book showcases a variety of current corpus-based approaches to the study of grammar and discourse, and makes a case for seeing grammar and discourse as fundamentally inter-related phenomena. The book features contributions from leading experts in cognitive linguistics, construction grammar, critical discourse studies, genre and register analysis, phraseology, language learning and teaching, languages for specific purposes, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, systemic functional linguistics and text linguistics. An essential reference point for future research, Corpora, Grammar and Discourse has been edited in honour of Susan Hunston, whose own work has consistently pushed at the boundaries of corpus-based research on grammar and discourse for over three decades.
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 73] 2015. xvi, 310 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
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List of Contributors | pp. ix–xiv
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Editors’ foreword | pp. xv–xvi
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Introduction: Corpora, grammar, and discourse analysis: Recent trends, current challengesNicholas Groom, Maggie Charles and Suganthi John | pp. 1–20
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Chapter 1. Pattern grammar and transitivity analysisGeoff Thompson | pp. 21–42
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Chapter 2. Using COBUILD grammar patterns for a large-scale analysis of verb-argument constructions: Exploring corpus data and speaker knowledgeUte Römer, Matthew Brook O'Donnell and Nick C. Ellis | pp. 43–72
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Chapter 3. “Hugh’s across all that”: Some changing uses of prepositionsGill Francis | pp. 73–96
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Chapter 4. The textual functions of lexisMichael Stubbs | pp. 97–116
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Chapter 5. Examining associations between lexis and textual position in hard news stories, or according to a study by…Michael Hoey and Matthew Brook O'Donnell | pp. 117–144
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Chapter 6. I mean I only really wanted to dry me towels because …: Organisational frameworks across modes, registers, and genresMartin Warren | pp. 145–160
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Chapter 7. Probably most important of all: Importance markers in academic and popular history articlesMarina Bondi | pp. 161–182
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Chapter 8. Chatting in the academy: Informality in spoken academic discoursePaula Buttery, Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter | pp. 183–210
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Chapter 9. General extenders in learner languageKarin Aijmer | pp. 211–234
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Chapter 10. Language description and language learning: The pedagogic corpus and learners as researchersDave Willis and Jane Willis | pp. 235–256
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Chapter 11. “What we contrarians already know”: Individual and communal aspects of attitudinal identityMonika Bednarek | pp. 257–282
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Chapter 12. Does Britain need any more foreign doctors? Inter-analyst consistency and corpus-assisted (critical) discourse analysisPaul Baker | pp. 283–300
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Publications by Susan Hunston | pp. 301–304
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Author Index | pp. 305–308
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Subject Index | pp. 309–310
“This volume showcases the findings and ideas of leading explorers of discourse and grammar who use corpus tools to illuminate the trail. Anyone wanting to learn more about language and/or corpus methods will find here ample incentive and example and further paths to explore.”
Mike Scott, Aston University, UK
“The many achievements of Susan Hunston are honoured through this volume, presenting high-quality work by leading figures specialising in corpus-based research in grammar and discourse analysis. The volume is not only likely to be inspiring to linguistics students and language practitioners but will also be of great interest to a wide variety of scholars keen to explore the dynamic interface and eroding boundaries between grammar and discourse.”
Annelie Ädel, Dalarna University, Sweden
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Gledhill, Christopher & Natalie Kübler
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2016. Modelling verb selection within argument structure constructions. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 31:10 ► pp. 1215 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFX: Computational linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General