16.3137, Books: Ling Theories/Pragmatics: Butler et al (Eds)

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Date: 26-Oct-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Dynamics of Language Use: Butler et al (Eds) 

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:01:42
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: The Dynamics of Language Use: Butler et al (Eds) 

Title: The Dynamics of Language Use 
Subtitle: Functional and contrastive perspectives 
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 140  

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

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20140 

Editor: Christopher S. Butler, University of Wales, Swansea
Editor: María de los Ángeles Gómez-González, University of Santiago de Compostela
Editor: Susana M. Doval-Suárez, University of Santiago de Compostela

Hardback: ISBN: 9027253838 Pages: xvi, 413 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027253838 Pages: xvi, 413 Price: Europe EURO 125.00

Abstract:

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. 

Table of contents

Foreword  vii  

Contributors  ix-xvi  

Introduction   

Functional approaches to language 
Christopher S. Butler 3-17  

On contrastive linguistics: Trends, challenges and problems 
María de los Ángeles Gómez-González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez 19-45  

The present book 
Christopher S. Butler, María de los Ángeles Gómez-González and Susana M.
Doval-Suárez 47-53  

Form and function in a cognitive perspective  

The relation of grammar to thought 
Wallace Chafe 57-78  

Communicative constructions in English and Spanish 
Montserrat Martinez-Vazquez 79-109  

Information Structure   

Incremental Functional Grammar and the language of football commentary 
J. Lachlan Mackenzie 113-128  

The role of Theme and Rheme in contrasting methods of organization in texts 
Michael J. Cummings 129-154  

On clefting in English and Spanish 
María de los Ángeles Gómez-González and Francisco Gonzalvez-Garcia 155-196  

Anaphoric terms and focus of attention in English and Spanish 
Maite Taboada 197-218  

Collocations and formulaic language   

Formulaic language: An overview with particular reference to the
cross-linguistic perspective 
Christopher S. Butler 221-242  

A contrastive analysis of entrenchment and collocational force in
variable-sized lexical units 
László I. Komlósi and Elisabeth Knipf 243-268  

Language learning   

Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages 
Paul Meara 271-285  

Timing in English and Spanish: An empirical study of the learning of
Spanish timing by Anglophone learners 
Francisco Gutiérrez Díez 287-306  

Spanish and English intonation patterns: A perceptual approach to
attitudinal meaning 
Rafael Monroy 307-324  

Discourse and culture   

Emotivity in narrative discourse: Cross-cultural and cross-gender 
perspectives 
Kyoko Takashi and Douglas Wilkerson 327-347  

Cardinal Transitivity in foregrounded discourse: A contrastive study in
English and Spanish 
Pilar Guerrero Medina 349-369  

English consciousness in 19th century Spain 
Paloma Tejada Caller 371-394  

Language index  395  

Scholars index  397-401  

Subject index  403-413 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Spanish (spa)

Written In: English  (eng)

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