Contrastive analysis of discourse-pragmatic aspects of linguistic genres. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karin Aijmer, Diana Lewis, editors.
• Editors: Aijmer, Karin; Lewis, Diana
• Contents: Introduction / Karin Aijmer and Diana Lewis -- The semantic field of obligation in an English-Swedish contrastive perspective / Karin Aijmer -- English so and Dutch dus in a parallel corpus: an investigation into their mutual translatability / Lieven Buysse -- What English translation equivalents can reveal about the Czech "modal" particle prý: a cross-register study / Michaela Martinková and Markéta Janebová -- Modal adverbs of certainty in EU legal discourse: a parallel corpus approach / Magdalena Szczyrbak -- Adverbial clauses in English and Norwegian fiction and news / Hilde Hasselgård -- Coherence relations and information structure in English and French political speeches / Diana Lewis -- Callbacks in stand-up comedy: constructing cohesion at the macro level within a specific genre / Catherine Chauvin -- Bush and Obama's addresses to the Arab world: recontextualizing stance in political discourse / Laura Hidalgo-Downing and Yasra Hanawi -- The role of metadiscourse in genre analysis: engagement markers in undergraduate textbooks and research articles / Tereza Guziurová.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 233 pages)
• Subjects: 410.188; Corpora (Linguistics); Discourse analysis; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative; Corpora (Linguistics); Discourse analysis; Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities; Comparative Literature; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319545561; 3319545566
• Related ISBNs: 9783319545547; 331954554X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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