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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783973303321

Titolo

Techniques of description : spoken and written discourse : a festschrift for Malcolm Coulthard / / edited by John M. Sinclair, Michael Hoey, and Gwyneth Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-88140-1

1-134-88141-X

1-282-77790-4

9786612777905

0-203-16809-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SinclairJohn McHardy <1933-2007.>

HoeyMichael

FoxGwyneth

CoulthardMalcolm

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

"Publications of Malcolm Coulthard": p. xii-xv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Malcolm Coulthard: a short appreciation; Publications of Malcolm Coulthard; Introduction; WRITTEN DISCOURSE STRUCTURE; A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF POLARITY AND PRIMARY TENSE IN THE ENGLISH FINITE CLAUSE; A COMMON SIGNAL IN DISCOURSE: HOW THE WORD REASON IS USED IN TEXTS; GRAMMAR AND LEXIS: SOME PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; DESCRIBING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LANGUAGE: PUPILS, TEACHERS AND THE LINC PROGRAMME; PRINCIPLES OF CONVERSATION IN BEOWULFIAN SPEECH; LANGUAGE, CHARACTER AND ACTION: A LINGUISTIC APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER IN A HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY

REPRESENTATIONS IN PROSE: SETTING THE SCENETELLING TALES; SPOKEN DISCOURSE MARKERS IN WRITTEN TEXT; A COMPARISON OF 'POLICESPEAK' AND 'NORMALSPEAK': A PRELIMINARY STUDY; FROM



DISCOURSE ANALYSIS TO CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: THE DIFFERENTIAL RE-PRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MEN SPEAKING IN WRITTEN NEWS; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies. He is particularly well-known for his pioneering work in spoken and written discourse analysis and most recently, for his work in forensic linguistics. This collection of specially commissioned, state-of-the-art pieces by leading international linguists is dedicated to the man and his achievements and provides a showcase for the most exciting developments in applied discourse studies. All the papers share common assumptions about language study: that