Discourse constructions in English : meaning, form, and hierarchies /

This book emphasizes the advantages of examining discourse connectivity from a constructionist perspective and highlights the role of discourse configurations in the construction of meaning. The research contained advances the field of cognitive classification and categorization of discourse constru...

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Main Authors: Erviti, Aneider Iza
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: [2021]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Yearbook of corpus linguistics and pragmatics,
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Summary: This book emphasizes the advantages of examining discourse connectivity from a constructionist perspective and highlights the role of discourse configurations in the construction of meaning. The research contained advances the field of cognitive classification and categorization of discourse constructions. The text is a great improvement in the discourse analysis literature, since it uniquely clarifies the subtleties of meaning between different discourse markers that are frequently treated as equivalent by lexicographers. It is unique in being the first contribution to the creation of a Constructicon at the discourse level and it fills an important gap within cognitively oriented constructionist accounts that have mostly restricted their analyses to argument-structure and illocutionary constructions. This yearbook appeals to students and researchers working within corpus linguistics.
Carrier Form: xiv, 164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9783030716790
3030716791
Index Number: PE1422
CLC: H31
Call Number: H31/E736
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. From discourse markers to Construction Grammar(s) in discourse -- Chapter 3. Research methodology -- Chapter 4. Complementary alternation constructions -- Chapter 5. Complementary contrastive constructions -- Chapter 6. Contrast constructions -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.