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9780415088053

Techniques of Description: Spoken and Written Discourse

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    9780415088053

  • ISBN10:

    0415088054

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-03-10
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Written as a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, a leading figure in studies of discourse,Techniques of Descriptionis a collection of specially commissioned, state-of-the-art essays by leading international linguists. All the papers share certain assumptions about language study: that descriptions should be data-based, data-tested, and replicable. The collection contains original and important research on descriptions, with intriguing applications to forensic, gender and literary studies. It will be invaluable for scholars of English language and discourse studies.

Table of Contents

Representation in Prose: setting the scene
Written Discourse Structure
A Quantitative Study of Polarity and Primary Tense in the English Finite Clause
Grammar and Lexis: some pedagogic implications
A common signal in discourse: how the word "reason" is used in texts
A comparison of 'Policespeak' and 'Normalspeak' A primary study
From Discourse Analysis to Critical Discouse Analysis: the report of women speaking in news as narrative text
Telling Tales
Spoken Discourse Markers in Written Text
Knowledge about Discourse: an Example of Applied Language Study
Principles of Conversation in Beowulfian Speech
Language, Character and Action
Mr. Akbar's Nearest Ear v The Lombard Reflex: A Case Study in Forensic Phonetics
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