Andreas Buerki

Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change

A Data-Led Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using rigorous data-led methods, the book analyses formulaic language from the angle of historical linguistics, revealing key new insights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781108477468
• ISBN-10: 1108477461
• Artikelnr.: 59248904

Autorenporträt

Andreas Buerki is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Formulaic language
2. Cultural context and diachrony
3. The data, the community and a data-led identification of MWEs
4. MWEs in written German
5. Culture as motivator of change
6. Cultural motivation in context
Conclusions
Appendix A. Filter entries
Appendix B. Rater guidelines on semantic unity.