UID:
almahu_9949702385902882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004334250
Series Statement:
Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; no. 39
Content:
The present volume draws together contributions from a number of scholars with an interest in empirical, cross-linguistic description. Most of the papers were first presented at the symposium Information Structure in a Cross-linguistic Perspective held in Oslo in November/December 2000. The descriptions are functionally oriented, and their common focus is how information structure - in a broad sense - can be compared across languages. 'Information structure' has been approached in a variety of ways by the authors, so as to give a broad picture of this fundamental principle of text production, involving the way in which a speaker/writer chooses to present a message in terms of given/new information, focus, cohesion, and point of view. Central to much of the research is the problem of establishing criteria for isolating linguistic constraints on language use from cultural-linguistic conventions in text production. The linguistic comparison includes English, German and/or one of the Scandinavian languages, with sidelights to other languages. Most of the papers are text- or corpus-based, and the ongoing work on parallel corpora in Scandinavia is reflected in several contributions.
Note:
International conference proceedings.
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Editors' Introduction /
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Interpreting concessive adverbial markers in English and Norwegian discourse /
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Concessive connectors in English and Swedish /
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Connectives in contrast: A discourse semantic study of Elaboration based on corpus research /
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Perspective and point of view: Accounting for subjectivity /
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Probability and necessity in English and German /
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Modal adverbs of certainty and uncertainty in an English-Swedish perspective /
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Information structure and the use of cleft sentences in English and Norwegian /
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Formulating a category of informativity /
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Contrast - from a contrastive perspective /
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Accent and the notion of contrast: A cross-linguistic approach /
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Cross-linguistic differences in the conceptualisation of events /
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Maintenance and convergence in covert translation English - German /
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Grammatical metaphor in translation - some methods for corpus-based investigations /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Information Structure in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective Leiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2002, ISBN 9789042014695
Language:
English
Keywords:
Conference papers and proceedings.
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