[Corpora-List] New book - Discourse markers across languages

[Dirk Siepmann]

Dear List Members,

I'd like to draw your attention to my new book 'Discourse markers across languages' (Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics 6, eds. Tony McEnery and Michael Hoey; ISBN 0-415-34949-4) which is now available through Routledge (www.routledge.com) or amazon.co.uk (amongst others). 

The book deals with ready-made phrases, or 'second-level (multi-word) discourse markers' such as 'it is argued that' or 'the same goes for'. Specifically, it answers questions such as 'how can such phrases be defined or translated?' or 'how can they be recorded in dictionaries?'
The book falls into two parts. Part I presents a functional taxonomy of second-level markers in English, French and German as well as an analysis of their use in continuous text. Part II offers a contrastive interlanguage analysis of the performance of non-native writers and translators. Lexicographic implications are then considered, which lead to suggestions for the treatment of second-level markers in general and learners' dictionaries. 
The book is essential reading for professional linguists or lexicographers with an interest in collocation or phraseology, as well as for academics, translators and language teachers seeking to produce well-crafted text in a foreign language. 

More information and an executive summary can be 
found on the web at http://www.dirk-siepmann.de/multiwordmarkers or www.dirk-siepmann.de/multiwordmarkers.htm

Best wishes,

Dirk Siepmann

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Dr. Dirk Siepmann
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Telephone: +49/271/740-2970    
dsiepmann at t-online.de
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