From Subordination to Insubordination: A Functional-Pragmatic Approach to If/Si-Constructions in English, French and Spanish Spoken Discourse

ISBN-13: 9783034342209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 254 str.

Cristina Lastres-Lopez

Opis

This book explores if/si-constructions in spoken English, French and Spanish, from a functional-pragmatic and corpus-based perspective. The data are retrieved from parliamentary discourse and conversations corpora.

Spis treści

subordination; insubordination; conditional; if; si; ideational; interpersonal; textual; pragmaticalization; decategorialization; stance; engagement; epistemic; opinion/evaluation; politeness; metalinguistic; relevance; reservation; conversation; parliamentary discourse; corpus; English; French; Spanish

O autorze

Cristina Lastres-López holds a PhD in advanced English studies (linguistics) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Prior to that, she obtained a BA in English language and literature from the University of Santiago de Compostela and an MA in English linguistics from University College London. She currently works at the University of Seville and is a member of the research unit for Variation, Linguistic Change and Grammaticalization of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Her research interests include corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics, grammar and pragmatics.