Caroline Coffin, Ann Hewings, Kieran O'Halloran

Applying English Grammar.

Corpus and Functional Approaches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Deals with the application of English grammar and specialises in 'functional' and 'corpus' approaches, approaches which are recognised as providing insights into English language in action. This book aims to stimulate interest and understanding of grammar as an applied tool.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780340885147
• ISBN-10: 0340885149
• Artikelnr.: 21560389

Autorenporträt

Caroline Coffin, Ann Hewings and Kieran O'Halloran are all lecturers in the Centre for Language and Communications at the Open University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction
Section A Introducing functional and corpus approaches
Introduction
Chapter 1. Working with corpora: issues and insights (E Tognini-Bonelli)
Chapter 2 Grammar and Spoken English (R Carter)
Chapter 3 Corpus-based comparisons of registers (D. Biber and S Conrad)
Chapter 4 Grammatical Structure: what do we mean? (Jim R. Martin)
Chapter 5 Some grammatical problems in scientific English (M Halliday)
Section B Getting down to specifics with corpus and functional approaches
Introduction
Chapter 6 Impersonalising stance: a study of anticipatory âEURitâEUR in
student and published academic writing (A Hewings and M. Hewings)
Chapter 7 Researching the grammar of a âEURliteraryâEUR text (H Hillier)
Chapter 8 Grammar in the construction of online discussion messages (A
Hewings and C.Coffin)
Chapter 9 The development of language as a resource for learning (C
Painter)
Chapter 10 Grammar in the construction of medical case histories (G Francis
and A Kramer-Dahl)
Section C Critical text analysis with corpus and functional approaches
Introduction
Chapter 11 Nature and grammar (A Goatly)
Chapter 12 Computer Applications in critical discourse analysis (V Koller
and G Mautner)
Chapter 13 Subjectivity, Evaluation and Point of View in Media Discourse (P
White)
Chapter 14 Human and inhuman geography: a comparative analysis of two long
texts and a corpus (M Stubbs)
Chapter 15 Checking Overinterpretation and Underinterpretation: Help from
Corpora in Critical Linguistics (KA OâEUR(TM)Halloran and C Coffin)