Patterns and Meanings in Discourse
Autor
Alan Partington (University Of Bologna)
, Alison Duguid (University Of Siena)
, Charlotte Taylor (University Of Portsmouth)
Suitable for researchers and students in the field of corpus linguistics and, secondly, this title offers an introduction to corpus techniques for practitioners of discourse studies. It delves into a variety of language topics and areas including metaphor, irony, evaluation, (im)politeness, stylistics, language change and sociopolitical issues.