Modes of Co-reference as an Indicator of Genre (Linguistic Insights) - Softcover

Swanson, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3039100521 ISBN 13: 9783039100521

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2003

Synopsis

This book explores the property of co-reference within various texts as a possible means of distinguishing genre types. Based on observed rather than invented material, it supplies empirical data on co-reference as a cohesive mechanism within authentic English texts. Co-referential form and frequency are identified in nine texts representing three genres: academic journals, news magazine articles and fictional narrative texts.
This study offers not only quantitative but also qualitative information regarding co-reference in three individual text types, thereby laying the foundation for a comparative study of the three different genres. Focusing on the property of co-reference in this way singles out differences in language use and allows for some pertinent statements to be made regarding modes of co-reference as an indicator of text variety.

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About the Author

The Author: Wendy Swanson (born in 1961 in Aurora, Illinois, USA) earned a B.A. in German from Wheaton College, Illinois and holds a Lic. phil. degree in English and German from the University of Basel. She completed her doctoral studies in English linguistics in April 2002 and is currently teaching at the Bezirksschule Zofingen and lecturing at the Schule für Angewandte Linguistik in Zurich.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039100521
• ISBN 13: 9783039100521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430