Formulaic Language: Distribution and Historical Change: Vol 1

Corrigan, Roberta (Editor)/ Moravcsik, Edith A. (Editor)/ Ouali, Hamid (Editor)/ Wheatley, Kathleen M. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027229953 / ISBN 13: 9789027229953

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2009

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295 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Formulaic Language: Distribution and Historical Change: Vol 1
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027229953
• ISBN 13: 9789027229953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.78 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book is the first of the two-volume collection of papers on formulaic language. The collection is among the first ones in the field. The book draws attention to the ritualized, repetitive side of language, which to some estimates make up over 50% of spoken and written text. While in the linguistic literature, the creative and innovative aspects of language have been amply highlighted, conventionalized, pre-fabricated, “off-the-shelf” expressions have been paid less attention – an imbalance that this book attempts to remedy. The first of the two volumes addresses the very concept of formulaic language and provides studies that explore the grammatical and semantic properties of formulae, their stylistic distribution within languages, and their evolution in the course of language history. Since most of the papers are readily accessible to readers with only basic familiarity with linguistics, besides being a resource in linguistic research, the book may be used in courses on discourse structure, pragmatics, semantics, language acquisition, and syntax, as well as being a resource in linguistic research.