32.2527, Books: Conjunctive Markers of Contrast in English and French: Dupont

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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 12:13:07
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Conjunctive Markers of Contrast in English and French: Dupont

 


Title: Conjunctive Markers of Contrast in English and French 
Subtitle: From syntax to lexis and discourse 
Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 99  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/scl.99 


Author: Maïté Dupont

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260116 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260116 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260116 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208460 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208460 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208460 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

Situated at the interface between corpus linguistics and Systemic Functional
Linguistics, this volume focuses on conjunctive markers expressing contrast in
English and French. The frequency and placement patterns of the markers are
analysed using large corpora of texts from two written registers: newspaper
editorials and research articles. The corpus study revisits the long-standing
but largely unsubstantiated claim that French requires more explicit markers
of cohesive conjunction than English and shows that the opposite is in fact
the case. Novel insights into the placement preferences of English and French
conjunctive markers are provided by a new approach to theme and rheme that
attaches more importance to the rheme than previous studies. The study
demonstrates the significant benefits of a combined corpus and Systemic
Functional Linguistics approach to the cross-linguistic analysis of cohesion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)


Written In: English  (eng)

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