Syntactic variation and genre

Syntactic variation and genre / edited by Heidrun Dorgeloh, Anja Wanner.

This volume explores the interplay of syntactic variation and genre. How do genres emerge and what is the role of syntax in constituting them? Why do certain constructions appear in certain types of text? The articles in this book include both overviews of theoretical approaches to the concept of ge...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dorgeloh, Heidrun, Wanner, Anja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Series:Topics in English linguistics ; 70.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Language and languages > Variation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Language and languages > Variation
Variation
Syntax
Register > Linguistik
registre (linguistique) > syntaxe > variation (sociolinguistique) > congrès.
Siegen <2007>
Kongress.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This volume explores the interplay of syntactic variation and genre. How do genres emerge and what is the role of syntax in constituting them? Why do certain constructions appear in certain types of text? The articles in this book include both overviews of theoretical approaches to the concept of genre in linguistics and data-based analyses of specific syntactic phenomena in English, German, and Romance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 364 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110226485
3110226480
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

Similar Items