Pace-Sigge Linked Noun Groups

Opposition and Expansion as Genre and Style Markers
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-53986-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 153 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book provides a corpus-led analysis of multi-word units (MWUs) in English, specifically fixed pairs of nouns which are linked by a conjunction, such as 'mum and dad', 'bride and groom' and 'law and order'. Crucially, the occurrence pattern of such pairs is dependent on genre, and this book aims to document the structural distribution of some key Linked Noun Groups (LNGs). The author looks at the usage patterns found in a range of poetry and fiction dating from the 17th to 20th century, and also highlights the important role such binomials play in academic English, while acknowledging that they are far less common in casual spoken English. His findings will be highly relevant to students and scholars working in language teaching, stylistics, and language technology (including AI).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pace-Sigge, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: LNGs in Spoken Interaction and Written Academic Texts.- Chapter 3: LNGs in UK and US Poetry.- Chapter 4: LNGs in 19th and 20th Century British Fiction.- Chapter 5: Findings, Applications and Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Pace-Sigge is Senior Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland.