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Publication details [#18045]
Bruthiaux, Paul. 1996. The discourse of classified advertising: Exploring the nature of linguistic simplicity. (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics). Oxford University Press. xv + 208 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
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Annotation
This corpus analysis of the simple-language register of classified advertizing in two American newspapers focuses on (the lack of) syntactic elaboration, testing the generativists' claim that innateness plays an important role in shaping simple language.