Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxx, 480 p
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general; Discourse analysis; Functionalism (Linguistics)
• Altri autori: ButlerChristopher <1945-> Hidalgo DowningRaquel LavidJulia DowningAngela
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Photograph -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Editorial introduction -- Publications of Angela Downing -- Grammar as an adaptive evolutionary product -- Towards a cognitive-functional model of text comprehension -- Towards an integrational approachin linguistics -- Expressing past habit in English and Swedish: A corpus-based contrastive study -- Do cognate and circumstantial complements of intransitive verbs form one 'Range'?: A corpus-based discussion -- The unconscious, irresponsible construction in Modern Icelandic -- Modelling 'selection' between referents in the English nominal group. An essay in scientific inquiry in linguistics -- Problems in NP structure: An example from British tabloid journalism -- Double-possessive nominalizations in English -- Pragmatics, word order and cross-reference. Some issues with pronominal clitics in Bulgarian -- Patterns of multiple theme and their role in developing English writing skills -- Interactive solution-problems: A set of structures in general and scientific writing -- The English Contrastive Discourse Marker instead -- Global and local attention in task-oriented conversation: An empirical investigation -- Metadiscursive and interpersonal values of pronominal topics in spoken Spanish -- Phatic communion and small talk in fictional dialogues -- Mister so-called X: Discourse functions and subjectification of so-called -- 'Sorry to muddy the waters': Accounting for speech act formulae and formulaic variation in a systemic functional model of language -- The discourse functionality of adjectival and adverbial epistemic expressions: Evidence from present-day English -- Modality across World Englishes: The modals and semi-modals of prediction and volition -- Name index -- Subject index -- Language index. ; The series Studies in Language Companion Series.
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper reports a corpus-based study which examined the uses of the modals and semi-modals which express meanings associated with prediction and volition (will, shall, be going to/gonna, want to/wanna, and be about to) in British, American and Australian English. Quantitative findings relating to regional and stylistic variation are presented, and consideration is given to the possible influence upon the relative popularity of modal uses of 'Americanization' and 'colloquialization'. It is suggested that these socially-driven dissemination processes provide possible explanations for, inter alia, the differing fortunes of the moribund shall on the one hand and on the other those of the popular semi-modals be going to/gonna and want to/wanna.
• Titolo autorizzato: Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing
• ISBN: 9786612152887; 9781282152885; 1282152882; 9789027292230; 902729223X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964986603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in language companion series ; ; v. 85.