17.358, Books: Text/Corpus Linguistics, English: Mahlberg

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Date: 27-Jan-2006
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: English General Nouns: Mahlberg 

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Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:20:09
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: English General Nouns: Mahlberg 

Title: English General Nouns 
Subtitle: A corpus theoretical approach 
Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 20  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL%2020 

Author: Michaela Mahlberg, University of Liverpool

Hardback: ISBN: 9027222916 Pages: x, 206 Price: U.S. $ 119.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027222916 Pages: x, 206 Price: Europe EURO 99.00

Abstract:

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 patterns, semantic prosodies, and primings of lexical items, and
the concept of 'local textual functions' is put forward to characterise the
functions of the nouns in texts. The study not only suggests a
characterisation of general nouns, but also stresses that functions of
lexical items and properties of texts are closely linked. This link
requires new ways of describing language. 

Table of contents

Acknowledgements  ix  
Introduction  1-3  
1. The attention they have been getting  5-11  
2. The corpus linguistic point of view  13-39  
3. Minimal assumptions in practice: interpreting corpus data  41-61  
4. Time nouns  63-98  
5. People Nouns  99-139  
6. World nouns  141-159  
7. Re-examining the minimal assumptions  161-178  
8. Developing the corpus linguistic theory  179-194  
Appendix 1: Pattern codes  195  
Appendix 2: 'Longer examples in Chapter 5'  196  
References  197-203  
Index  205-206 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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