20.816, Books: Phonetics/Semantics/Syntax: Gryllia - Discourse Analysis:de Groot

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Subject: 20.816, Books: Phonetics/Semantics/Syntax: Gryllia - Discourse Analysis:de Groot

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Date: 07-Mar-2009
From: Parcival von Schmid < lot at uu.nl >
Subject: On the nature of preverbal Focus in Greek: Gryllia

2)
Date: 07-Mar-2009
From: Parcival von Schmid < lot at uu.nl >
Subject: English annual reports in Europe: de Groot

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:21:10
From: Parcival von Schmid [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: On the nature of preverbal Focus in Greek: Gryllia

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Title: On the nature of preverbal Focus in Greek 
Subtitle: A theoretical and experimental approach 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series 200  

Publication Year: 2008 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Author: Stella Gryllia

Paperback: ISBN:  9789078328742 Pages: 271 Price: Europe EURO 24.77

Abstract:

This dissertation investigates the semantic and phonetic properties of
object foci in Greek, employing theoretical and experimental tools. The
added value of such a combination is that we achieve a better understanding
of the phenomenon under consideration. The main research question that is
addressed in this dissertation is: do preverbal object foci in Greek differ
from their postverbal counterparts?

In the first part of the thesis, Greek preverbal object foci are compared
to their postverbal counterparts with respect to exhaustivity, contrast and
discourse topichood. For this purpose, a number of tests are applied to the
Greek data. On the basis of the results of the tests, it is argued that
preverbal and postverbal object foci do not differ with respect to
exhaustivity and contrast. It is also argued that the two differ with
respect to discourse topichood. In this sense, it is shown that Greek
preverbal object foci are actually fronted discourse topics.

In the second part of the thesis, a production and two perception (one
using natural stimuli and one using manipulated stimuli) experiments were
carried out to investigate the phonetic properties of preverbal and
postverbal object foci in Greek. Moreover, a production and a perception
experiment were carried out to investigate the phonetic realization of
contrast in Greek.

This study is of relevance to anyone interested in the semantic and
phonetic properties of object foci, in tests for identifying foci and
topics or in approaches that combine theoretical and experimental means. 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Greek (ell)

Written In: English  (eng)

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:21:22
From: Parcival von Schmid [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: English annual reports in Europe: de Groot

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Title: English annual reports in Europe 
Subtitle: A study on the identification and reception of genre characteristics in
multimodal annual reports originating in the Netherlands and in the United
Kingdom

Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series 182  

Publication Year: 2008 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Author: Elizabeth B de Groot

Paperback: ISBN:  9789078328568 Pages: 348 Price: Europe EURO 27.42

Abstract:

Over the past few years, the status of English has increased in the
financial communication discourse practiced by Dutch multinationals. The
fact that a growing number of Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam stock
exchange introduce an English statutory annual report, clearly marks a
shift in their English language policy on annual reports. As for Dutch
companies operating internationally, the efficient use of English has
become a particular issue with regard to the non-financial texts in the
annual report. Within Europe, recent international accounting standards
have regulated the financial statements in European-based annual reports,
causing European multinationals to be increasingly reliant on non-financial
annual report texts as a means of distinguishing themselves from their
international competitors.
This study explores the discourse conventions Dutch and British companies
rely on in the design of non-financial texts in their English annual
reports. Moreover, it seeks to determine the effectiveness of Dutch-English
and British annual report texts from the perspective of international
financial readers. The cross-cultural analysis of discourse includes an
integrated investigation of contextual features, content features,
structural features and lexicogrammatical features in the written texts and
photographs of Dutch-English and British annual report sections. Several of
the significant cross-cultural differences in discourse are used as
variables in the reader response analysis, which shows an overall
preference for British conventions in written discourse but also a
preference for Dutch-based conventions in visual discourse. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Lexicography

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                     English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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