17.3309, Qs: Verbal forms and Special Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-17-3309. Tue Nov 14 2006. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 17.3309, Qs: Verbal forms and Special Languages

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Date: 12-Nov-2006
From: Eugenia Eumeridou < evmoir at icsd.aegean.gr >
Subject: Verbal forms and Special Languages 

	
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:21:54
From: Eugenia Eumeridou < evmoir at icsd.aegean.gr >
Subject: Verbal forms and Special Languages 
 


I would like to ask if there has been any recent work on sublanguage/genre
or text type discimination on the basis of verbal form (both finite and
non-finite forms)
or
if there has been recent work referring to verb form distribution i.e.
which are the most frequent tenses or verb forms etc. in specific special
languages.  I am particularly interested in the legal, commercial,
computing or science special language in general.

I am aware of the work by Sager Sager, J.C. Dungworth, D. and McDonald,
P.F.  1980.  English Special Languages.  Wiebaden: Brandstetter Verlag. but
I wonder if there is anything more recent on the subject,

Thank you in advance. 

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics




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