Exploring the Boundaries of Formulaic Sequences: A Corpus-based Study of Lexical Substitution and Insertion in Contemporary British English - Softcover

Dutton, Kelly

 
9783639131116: Exploring the Boundaries of Formulaic Sequences: A Corpus-based Study of Lexical Substitution and Insertion in Contemporary British English
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3639131118 ISBN 13: 9783639131116
Verlag: VDM Verlag, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Formulaic Sequences are multi-word prefabricated phrases of either literal (e.g. good morning) or non-literal (e.g. kick the bucket) reading. A property of such sequences is variation. Formulaic sequences can be subject to varying degrees of lexical substitutions, grammatical variations, and insertions. This book investigates the boundaries of variation: the limits of lexical substitution and insertions for formulaic sequences, i.e. how much variation can occur before the sequence stops being fixed and becomes context-dependent. The boundaries between one formulaic sequence and another and the boundaries between a literal and non-literal reading are also explored. The Longman Idioms Dictionary (1998) and the British National Corpus (BNC) provided the data for the research, and the technique and analysis used contribute to lexicography and inform cognitive models of storing and organizing language.

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Verlag
VDM Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3639131118
ISBN 13 
9783639131116
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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