Corpus Intertext and Discourse |
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| Author:
| Koteyko, |
| Series title: | Corpus and Discourse Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8264-9776-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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This book provides insights into the way a corpus can be used to study meaning in discourse, but also, and somewhat controversially, the limitations of corpus approaches to discourse. Using two corpora of loanwords which have passed from English into foreign media discourse, and specifically the Russian press, the author presents an examination of the problems of definition - are loanwords used in the same ways in which they would be used in original language? Bringing...
More Description This book provides insights into the way a corpus can be used to study meaning in discourse, but also, and somewhat controversially, the limitations of corpus approaches to discourse. Using two corpora of loanwords which have passed from English into foreign media discourse, and specifically the Russian press, the author presents an examination of the problems of definition - are loanwords used in the same ways in which they would be used in original language? Bringing theories from hermeneutics, discourse analysis, cultural studies and linguistics to bear on corpora, Corpus, Intertextuality and Discourse presents a new take on the importance of corpus linguistics in discourse analysis.