English general nouns: a corpus theoretical approach
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1. Verfasser: Mahlberg, Michaela 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam John Benjamins ©2005
Schriftenreihe:Studies in corpus linguistics v. 20
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index
English General Nouns; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The attention they have been getting; The corpus linguistic point of view; Minimal assumptions in practice; Time nouns; People nouns; World nouns; Re-examining the minimal assumptions; Developing the corpus linguistic theory; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics
This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns. General nouns are defined as high-frequency nouns that are characterised by their textual functions. Although the concept is motivated by Halliday & Hasan (1976), the corpus theoretical approach adopted in the present study is fundamentally different and set in a linguistic framework that prioritises lexis. The study investigates 20 nouns that are very frequent in mainstream English, as represented by the Bank of English Corpus. The corpus-driven approach to the data involves a critical discussion of descriptive tools, such as pattern
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ISBN:9027293945
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