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Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Douglas Biber
Stig Johansson
Geoffrey N. Leech
Susan Conrad
Edward Finegan
出版
John Benjamins Publishing Company
, 2021-11-15
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
ISBN
9027260478
9789027260475
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qSlHEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The completely redesigned
Grammar of Spoken and Written English
is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar.
GSWE
describes the structural characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference grammars. But
GSWE
is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing the patterns of language use for each grammatical feature, based on empirical analyses of grammatical patterns in a 40-million-word corpus of spoken and written registers.
Grammar-in-use is characterized by three inter-related kinds of information: frequency of grammatical features in spoken and written registers, frequencies of the most common lexico-grammatical patterns, and analysis of the discourse factors influencing choices among related grammatical features.
GSWE
includes over 350 tables and figures highlighting the results of corpus-based investigations. Throughout the book, authentic examples illustrate all research findings.
The empirical descriptions document the lexico-grammatical features that are especially common in face-to-face-conversation compared to those that are especially common in academic writing. Analyses of fiction and newspaper articles are included as further benchmarks of language use.
GSWE
contains over 6,000 authentic examples from these four registers, illustrating the range of lexico-grammatical features in real-world speech and writing. In addition, comparisons between British and American English reveal specific regional differences.
Now completely redesigned and available in an electronic edition, the
Grammar of Spoken and Written English
remains a unique and indispensable reference work for researchers, language teachers, and students alike.