The discourse of classified advertising :: exploring the nature of linguistic simplicity /

Linguists who have studied simplified varieties of a given language, such as pidgins or the language of care-givers, have tended to explain similarities in their structure by the fact that they use the same mechanisms of simplification. Bruthiaux tests this idea by looking at the structure of classi...

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1. Verfasser: Bruthiaux, Paul
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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Zusammenfassung:Linguists who have studied simplified varieties of a given language, such as pidgins or the language of care-givers, have tended to explain similarities in their structure by the fact that they use the same mechanisms of simplification. Bruthiaux tests this idea by looking at the structure of classified ads in American English, using a body of 800 ads from four categories: automobile sales, apartments for rent, help wanted, and personal ads. Bruthiaux's thesis is that strict, uniform constraints on space should result in uniformly simple texts, no matter which category they are in, and that an.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.
ISBN:1423740475
9781423740476
1602560773
9781602560772
9780195100327
0195100328

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