Text Linguistics

Author : Jonathan J. Webster
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (Indonesia)
ISBN 13 : 9781904768487
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text Linguistics written by Jonathan J. Webster and published by Equinox Publishing (Indonesia). This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Believing the best way to learn about text linguistics is through the analysis of full texts, the author includes analyses of texts, both spoken and written, drawn from a variety of genres, including examples of religious and political discourse. In the first section, the author provides an overview suitable to those who are new to the theory and methodology of Systemic Functional Grammar and Rhetorical Structure Theory. Building on this foundation, section two presents the findings from several case studies in text analysis, demonstrating how to conduct indepth functional-semantic analysis of selected texts. This second section will benefit both beginners and those who have already had some background in the study of linguistics. Text Linguistics is the ideal choice for those who are learning about text linguistics, and functional approaches to language study.

Author : David Allan Dawson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567273598
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text-Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew written by David Allan Dawson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern linguistics is a relative newcomer in the scientific world, and text-linguistics, or discourse analysis, is one of its youngest disciplines. This fact has inclined many toward scepticism of its value for the Hebraist, yet much benefit is thereby overlooked. In this work, the author examines recent contributions to Hebrew text-linguistics by Niccacci, Andersen, Eskhult, Khan, and Longacre, evaluating them against a twofold standard of theoretical and methodological integrity, and clarity of communication. An extensive introduction to one particularly promising model of text analysis (from Longacre's tagmemic school) is given, and a step-by-step methodology is presented. Analyses according to this model and methodology are given of seven extended text samples, each building on the findings of the previous analyses: Judg. 2; Lev. 14.1-32; Lev. 6.1-7.37; parallel instructions and historical reports about the building of the Tabernacle, from Exodus 25-40; Judg. 10.6-12.7; and the book of Ruth in its entirety. Considerable attention is given to the question of text-linguistics and reported speech.

Author : Robert De Beaugrande
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Text Linguistics written by Robert De Beaugrande and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1981 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sylvie Mellet
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Approaches in Text Linguistics written by Sylvie Mellet and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last years, research in text linguistics has yielded insights into different levels of methodological reflection and practice, resulting in new issues for investigation. On the one hand, the development of computerized corpora and "hypertextual" reading has reminded researchers that the text is a complex object, both linear and network-like, and largely shaped by its context: how can analysis grapple with such a complexity? On the other hand, the processing of computerized corpora raises new methodological questions about the textual units chosen for analysis or about the use of grammatical categories as tools for stylistic and generic characterization of texts.This volume hopes to offer some constructive reflection on these challenging issues. The selected papers either demonstrate the value of some innovative method of analysis through concrete applications, or develop strong and well-argued epistemological positions, illustrated with examples. Interdisciplinary contributions are also represented: when dealing with "regulating concepts" such as "corpus", "inter-/co-text", "speech genre", etc., various domains including stylistics, genetic criticism, contrastive research, didactic approaches, statistical linguistics and discourse analysis share a common interest with text linguistics.

Author : Hussein Abdul-Raof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317368649
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse written by Hussein Abdul-Raof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse is an in-depth investigation of the fabric of Qur'anic Discourse. It unravels the texture of the macro Qur'anic text; its cohesion and coherence systems; the notions of intertextuality, semantic relatedness, and thematic sequentiality; the macro textual features of ellipsis, repetition, and argumentation structure; and the contextual, co-textual, grammatical, and semantic factors involved in the macro Qur'anic text. This book is a valuable and methodologically consistent learning and teaching academic resource for universities worldwide in this intriguing new discipline. Through its methodologically coherent discussion and in-depth analysis that is hinged upon modern European text linguistics, Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse provides an insight into the newly established discipline of text linguistics, and explores the different layers of the macro Qur'anic text as an academic requirement.

Author : Jonathan Webster
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (Indonesia)
ISBN 13 : 9781904768470
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text Linguistics written by Jonathan Webster and published by Equinox Publishing (Indonesia). This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Believing the best way to learn about text linguistics is through the analysis of full texts, the author includes analyses of texts, both spoken and written, drawn from a variety of genres, including examples of religious and political discourse. In the first section, the author provides an overview suitable to those who are new to the theory and methodology of Systemic Functional Grammar and Rhetorical Structure Theory. Building on this foundation, section two presents the findings from several case studies in text analysis, demonstrating how to conduct indepth functional-semantic analysis of selected texts. This second section will benefit both beginners and those who have already had some background in the study of linguistics. Text Linguistics is the ideal choice for those who are learning about text linguistics, and functional approaches to language study.

Author : Wolfgang U. Dressler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110853752
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Current Trends in Textlinguistics written by Wolfgang U. Dressler and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gail Forey
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781845539122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text Type and Texture written by Gail Forey and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texture - the quality that makes a text 'hang together' as a text - is a key focus of investigation in discourse analysis. This volume provides a systematic overview of recent research on textual resources that are used to construct texture, and on the ways in which these resources are deployed differently in different text types. Theme is the major resource that is explored in the first part of the book. The opening papers set out the current understanding of Theme and explore aspects of the concept which remain controversial in the field. This is followed by an examination of thematic choices in a range of text types. Issues raised include the different kinds of meanings appearing in Theme which are particularly significant for each genre, the ways in which these relate to the broader socio-cultural context, and the ways in which thematic choices interact with other kinds of texturing. In the second part of the collection, the scope widens to include an examination of other resources, particularly the contribution to texture made by patterns of interpersonal choices, in Theme and more broadly across texts as a whole. The volume closes with an overview and illustration of a methodological approach by which our understanding of texturing can be further extended.

Author : Mohsen Ghadessy
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027236747
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Text and Context in Functional Linguistics written by Mohsen Ghadessy and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text aims to examine the nature of text and context, using theoretical models based in the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL).

Author : Jürgen Esser
Publisher : Textbooks in English Language and Linguistics (TELL)
ISBN 13 : 9783631560037
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to English Text-linguistics written by Jürgen Esser and published by Textbooks in English Language and Linguistics (TELL). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive introduction to English text-linguistics. It deals with those areas of text-linguistics that have enjoyed widespread attention in English linguistics, notably aspects of cohesion and coherence. Further topics are corpus-based studies in lexical patterns and in text classifications, psycholinguistic and cognitive studies in text constitution and decoder-orientation. One special feature of this book is that it not only covers abstract lexical and grammatical structures but also medium-dependent written and spoken presentation.