Text, Discourse and Corpora Theory and Analysis

by Hoey, Michael; Mahlberg, Michaela; Stubbs, Michael; Teubert, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780826491725
• ISBN10: 0826491723
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Corpus linguistics is often regarded as a methodology in its own right, but little attention has been given to the theoretical perspectives from which the subject can be approached. The present book contributes to filling this gap. Bringing together original contributions by internationally renowned authors, the chapters include coverage of the lexical priming theory, parole-linguistics, a four-part model of language system and language use, and the concept of local textual functions. The theoretical arguments are illustrated and complemented by case studies using data from large corpora such as the BNC, smaller purpose-built corpora, and Google searches.
By presenting theoretical positions in corpus linguistics, Text, Discourse, and Corpora provides an essential overview for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and academic readers.

Author Biography

Michael Hoey is Professor of English Language at the University of Liverpool Michaela Mahlberg is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Liverpool Michael Stubbs is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Trier Wolfgang Teubert is Professor of Corpus Linguistics at the University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Lexical priming and literary creativity	p. 7
Grammatical creativity: a corpus perspective	p. 31
Parole-linguistics and the diachronic dimension of the discourse	p. 57
Natural and human rights, work and property in the discourse of Catholic social doctrine	p. 89
On texts, corpora and models of language	p. 127
Quantitative data on multi-word sequences in English: the case of the word world	p. 163
Lexical items in discourse: identifying local textual functions of sustainable development	p. 191
Corpus stylistics: bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies	p. 219
Index of Names	p. 247
Index of Subjects	p. 251
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