The Functions of: Theory and Corpus Analysis

ISBN-13: 9783631747582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 258 str.

Vera Benninghoven

Opis

The study provides a comprehensive description of 'general nouns' from a micro- and macro-linguistic perspective. A corpus of different spoken and written genres is the basis for a detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis, which shows that 'general nouns' fulfil various genre-specific functions.

Spis treści

Critical evaluation of Halliday/Hasan's concept of 'general nouns' - Holistic description of these items from a micro- and a macro-linguistic perspective - Development of analytical tool based on the parameters modification and linkage - Corpus of over 300,000 words - Written and spoken genres - Quantitative and qualitative corpus analysis

O autorze

Vera Benninghoven has taught linguistics at the English department of the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne. Her research interests include morphology, lexicology, text-linguistics and corpus-linguistics.