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System and Corpus
Geoff (Ed) Hompson
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Description for System and Corpus
Hardcover. Looks at two popular approaches to language description: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics Editor(s): Thompson, Geoffrey Richard; Hunston, Susan. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 61 b&w line drawings & halftones. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
This book is the first to combine interests in two currently popular approaches to language description, both of which are based on the observation of naturally-occurring, as opposed to invented, language. Systemic Functional Linguistics is a theory that focuses on meaning, choice and probability in language and on language as a social phenomenon. Corpus Linguistics is a practice, rather than a theory: a corpus is a large collection of texts that are used as the basis for language description. It is natural that SFL should turn to corpora as a source of information about grammatical preference, probability and variety, and ... Read more
This book is the first to combine interests in two currently popular approaches to language description, both of which are based on the observation of naturally-occurring, as opposed to invented, language. Systemic Functional Linguistics is a theory that focuses on meaning, choice and probability in language and on language as a social phenomenon. Corpus Linguistics is a practice, rather than a theory: a corpus is a large collection of texts that are used as the basis for language description. It is natural that SFL should turn to corpora as a source of information about grammatical preference, probability and variety, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Functional Linguistics
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768197
SKU
V9781904768197
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About Geoff (Ed) Hompson
Geoff Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK Susan Hunston is Professor of English Language at the University of Birmingham, UK
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