Textual choices in discourse : a view from cognitive linguistics /

In recent years, research in cognitive linguistics has expanded its interests to cover a variety of texts - spoken, written, or multimodal. Analytical tools such as conceptual metaphor, frame semantics, mental spaces and grammatical constructions have been productively applied in various discourse c...

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Dancygier, Barbara, Sanders, José, Vandelanotte, Lieven, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Series:Benjamins current topics ; v. 40.
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Summary:In recent years, research in cognitive linguistics has expanded its interests to cover a variety of texts - spoken, written, or multimodal. Analytical tools such as conceptual metaphor, frame semantics, mental spaces and grammatical constructions have been productively applied in various discourse contexts. In this volume, originally published as a special issue of English Text Construction 3:2 (2010), the contributors, a mix of established and emerging authors in the field, analyse broadcast and print journalism, argumentative scientific discourse, radio lectures on music, and the main literature.
Item Description:"The selection of papers presented here was originally published in 2010 as a special issue (3.2) of the journal English Text Construction."
7. Constructions in discourse context
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Physical Description:1 online resource (204 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027273864 (electronic bk.)
9027273863 (electronic bk.)