The Dynamics of Language Use
Functional and contrastive perspectives
University of Wales, Swansea / University of Santiago de Compostela
This book brings together a collection of articles characterized by two main themes: the contrastive study of parallel phenomena in two or more languages, and an essentially functional approach in which language is regarded, first and foremost, as a rich and complex communication system, inextricably embedded in sociocultural and psychological contexts of use. The majority of the studies reported is empirical in nature, many making use of corpora or other textual materials in the language(s) under investigation. The book begins with an introductory section in which the editors provide surveys of the state of the art in both functional and contrastive linguistics. The other five sections of the volume are devoted to (i) a cognitive perspective on form and function, (ii) information structure, (iii) collocations and formulaic language, (iv) language learning, and (v) discourse and culture.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 140]
2005.
xvi, 413 pp.
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Table of Contents
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Foreword
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vii
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Contributors
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ix–xvi
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Introduction
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Functional approaches to language
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3–17
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On contrastive linguistics: Trends, challenges and problems
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19–45
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The present book
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47–53
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Form and function in a cognitive perspective
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The relation of grammar to thought
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57–78
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Communicative constructions in English and Spanish
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79–109
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Information Structure
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Incremental Functional Grammar and the language of football commentary
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113–128
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The role of Theme and Rheme in contrasting methods of organization in texts
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129–154
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On clefting in English and Spanish
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155–196
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Anaphoric terms and focus of attention in English and Spanish
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197–218
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Collocations and formulaic language
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Formulaic language: An overview with particular reference to the cross-linguistic perspective
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221–242
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A contrastive analysis of entrenchment and collocational force in variable-sized lexical units
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243–268
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Language learning
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Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages
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271–285
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Timing in English and Spanish: An empirical study of the learning of Spanish timing by Anglophone learners
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287–306
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Spanish and English intonation patterns: A perceptual approach to attitudinal meaning
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307–324
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Discourse and culture
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Emotivity in narrative discourse: Cross-cultural and cross-gender perspectives
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327–347
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Cardinal Transitivity in foregrounded discourse: A contrastive study in English and Spanish
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349–369
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English consciousness in 19th century Spain
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371–394
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Language index
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395
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Scholars index
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397–401
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Subject index
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403–413
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Quotes
“Judging from the varied and stimulating content of this anthology, the Third International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (held in September 2003 at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) must have been an exciting experience for theorists and teachers in the field of SLA. This volume-a collection of selected papers from the conference-pays eloquent testimony to the success of the academic gathering.”
Robert S. Burton,
California State University, Chico, in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 29:4 (2007).
Subjects
Benjamins Subject classification
Linguistics
BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2005050112