Register Analysis
Theory and Practice
Published on 20. February 1993
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-85567-123-2 (ISBN)
Description
Register analysis has been defined by Michael Halliday as an attempt to analyze the linguistic foundations of language we use in given situations, and the ways in which the language we speak or write varies according to the type of situation. Register analysis has been a strong research area in linguistics for several decades. Many people are now working with examples of genuine texts in the hope of establishing the linguistic features which characterize them. Text linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics and register and genre all depend on communicative events which have taken place. The first two chapters introduce the subject and the remining chapters illustrate how register analysis can be carried out. This book draws upon a number of theories and models by modern linguists to provide a helpful reference for those interested in the functional varieties of the English language.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
name index, subject
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85567-123-2 (9781855671232)
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Content
Part 1 Practice and theory: "Register" in discourse studies - a concept in search of a theory, R. de Beaugrande; the specification of a text - register, genre and language teaching, Helen Leckie-Tarry. Part 2 Controlling and changing ideologies: drama praxis and the dialogic imperative, David Birch; evaluation and ideology in scientific writing, Susan Hunston. Part 3 The role of metaphor - grammatical and lexical: the discourse of history - distancing the recoverable past, Suzanne Eggins, Peter Wignell and J.R. Martin; species of metaphor in written and spoken varieties, Andrew Goatly. Part 4 Quantitative evidence for register analysis: on the nature of written business communication, Mohsen Ghadessy; pragmatic and macro thematic patterns in science and popular science - a diachronic study of articles from three fields, Britt-Louise Gunnarsson. Part 5 Computer applications: text processing using the functional grammar processor (FGP), Jonathan J. Webster; collocation in computer modelling of Lexis as most delicate grammar, Marilyn Cross. Part 6 A unified theory of register analysis: register in the round - diversity in a unified theory of register analysis, Christian Matthiessen.