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English general nouns : a corpus theoretical approach /
This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns. General nouns are defined as high-frequency nouns that are characterised by their textual functions. Although the concept is motivated by Halliday & Hasan (1976), the corpus theoretical approach adopted in the present study is fundament...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Studies in corpus linguistics ;
v. 20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book proposes an innovative approach to general nouns. General nouns are defined as high-frequency nouns that are characterised by their textual functions. Although the concept is motivated by Halliday & Hasan (1976), the corpus theoretical approach adopted in the present study is fundamentally different and set in a linguistic framework that prioritises lexis. The study investigates 20 nouns that are very frequent in mainstream English, as represented by the Bank of English Corpus. The corpus-driven approach to the data involves a critical discussion of descriptive tools, such as pattern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027293947 9027293945 1282156233 9781282156234 |
| ISSN: | 1388-0373 ; |