Syntactic Variation and Genre /

Syntactic Variation and Genre / / ed. by Heidrun Dorgeloh, Anja Wanner.

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This volume explores the interplay of syntactic variation and genre. How do genres emerge and what is the role of syntax in constituting them? Why do certain constructions appear in certain types of text? The book takes the concept of genre as a reference-point for the description and analysis of mo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Dorgeloh, Heidrun,
Giltrow, Janet,
Gotti, Maurizio,
Günthner, Susanne,
Heyd, Theresa,
Imo, Wolfgang,
Jantos, Susanne,
Kabatek, Johannes,
Kreyer, Rolf,
Martínez-Insua, Ana E.,
Mondorf, Britta,
Obrist, Philipp,
Puschmann, Cornelius,
Pérez-Guerra, Javier,
Vincis, Valentina,
Virtanen, Tuija,
Wanner, Anja,
HerausgeberIn:
Dorgeloh, Heidrun,
Wanner, Anja,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 70
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Physical Description:1 online resource (364 p.) :; Num. figs. and tabs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Genre: Form, constitution, and change
  • Genre as difference: The sociality of linguistic variation
  • Variation across texts and discourses: Theoretical and methodological perspectives on text type and genre
  • A new genre for a specialized community: The rise of the experimental essay
  • Do some genres or text types become more complex than others?
  • Mein Problem ist/mein Thema ist (‘My problem is/my topic is’): How syntactic patterns and genres interact
  • Thank you for thinking we could: Use and function of interpersonal pronouns in corporate web logs
  • Part 2: Syntactic variation based on genre
  • Grammatical constructions and communicative genres
  • Genre effects in the replacement of reflexives by particles
  • Clause linkage techniques as a symptom of discourse traditions: Methodological issues and evidence from Romance languages
  • Syntactic constructions as a means of spatial representation in fictional prose
  • Agreement in educated Jamaican English: A corpus-based study of spoken usage in ICE-Jamaica
  • I know you guys hate forwards: Address pronouns in digital folklore
  • Backmatter

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