Author: Donald Sims MacQueen
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783631601563
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This corpus study traces the history of MILLION in English. It focuses on the shift in word class/function from noun/noun-phrase head (three millions of dollars) to determinative/determiner (three million dollars). A chapter on morphosyntax/semantics probes the natural word class and function of number words and their historical categorization. A composite international diachronic corpus is used to map a broad taxonomy of MILLION phrases, and very-large-scale digital American and British newspaper archives are used to show when and where the syntactic shift took place. The tens of billions of datable words in these sources yield such robust results that key phases in the shift can be traced in unprecedented detail, uncovering surprising patterns in American/British differences and an avoidance strategy in the use of numeral and number-word expressions. Retarding and accelerating factors are treated in separate chapters.
The Integration of MILLION Into the English System of Number Words
Author: Donald Sims MacQueen
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783631601563
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This corpus study traces the history of MILLION in English. It focuses on the shift in word class/function from noun/noun-phrase head (three millions of dollars) to determinative/determiner (three million dollars). A chapter on morphosyntax/semantics probes the natural word class and function of number words and their historical categorization. A composite international diachronic corpus is used to map a broad taxonomy of MILLION phrases, and very-large-scale digital American and British newspaper archives are used to show when and where the syntactic shift took place. The tens of billions of datable words in these sources yield such robust results that key phases in the shift can be traced in unprecedented detail, uncovering surprising patterns in American/British differences and an avoidance strategy in the use of numeral and number-word expressions. Retarding and accelerating factors are treated in separate chapters.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783631601563
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This corpus study traces the history of MILLION in English. It focuses on the shift in word class/function from noun/noun-phrase head (three millions of dollars) to determinative/determiner (three million dollars). A chapter on morphosyntax/semantics probes the natural word class and function of number words and their historical categorization. A composite international diachronic corpus is used to map a broad taxonomy of MILLION phrases, and very-large-scale digital American and British newspaper archives are used to show when and where the syntactic shift took place. The tens of billions of datable words in these sources yield such robust results that key phases in the shift can be traced in unprecedented detail, uncovering surprising patterns in American/British differences and an avoidance strategy in the use of numeral and number-word expressions. Retarding and accelerating factors are treated in separate chapters.
Diachronic Developments in English News Discourse
Author: Minna Palander-Collin
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027265518
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The history of English news discourse is characterised by intriguing multilevel developments, and the present cannot be separated from them. For example, audience engagement is by no means an invention of the digital age. This collection highlights major topics that range from newspaper genres like sports reports, advertisements and comic strips to a variety of news practices. All contributions view news discourse in a specific historical period or across time and relate language features to their sociohistorical contexts and changing ideologies. The varying needs and expectations of the newspaper producers, writers and readers, and even news agents, are taken into account. The articles use interdisciplinary study methods and move at interfaces between sociolinguistics, journalism, semiotics, literary theory, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociology.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027265518
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The history of English news discourse is characterised by intriguing multilevel developments, and the present cannot be separated from them. For example, audience engagement is by no means an invention of the digital age. This collection highlights major topics that range from newspaper genres like sports reports, advertisements and comic strips to a variety of news practices. All contributions view news discourse in a specific historical period or across time and relate language features to their sociohistorical contexts and changing ideologies. The varying needs and expectations of the newspaper producers, writers and readers, and even news agents, are taken into account. The articles use interdisciplinary study methods and move at interfaces between sociolinguistics, journalism, semiotics, literary theory, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociology.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
NBS Technical Note
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology
Author: Minako O'Hagan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315311232
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the dynamically evolving relationship between translation and technology. Divided into five parts, with an editor's introduction, this volume presents the perspectives of users of translation technologies, and of researchers concerned with issues arising from the increasing interdependency between translation and technology. The chapters in this Handbook tackle the advent of technologization at both a technical and a philosophical level, based on industry practice and academic research. Containing over 30 authoritative, cutting-edge chapters, this is an essential reference and resource for those studying and researching translation and technology. The volume will also be valuable for translators, computational linguists and developers of translation tools.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315311232
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the dynamically evolving relationship between translation and technology. Divided into five parts, with an editor's introduction, this volume presents the perspectives of users of translation technologies, and of researchers concerned with issues arising from the increasing interdependency between translation and technology. The chapters in this Handbook tackle the advent of technologization at both a technical and a philosophical level, based on industry practice and academic research. Containing over 30 authoritative, cutting-edge chapters, this is an essential reference and resource for those studying and researching translation and technology. The volume will also be valuable for translators, computational linguists and developers of translation tools.
Signalling Nouns in English
Author: John Flowerdew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316123340
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Signalling nouns (SNs) are abstract nouns like 'fact', 'idea', 'problem' and 'result', which are non-specific in their meaning when considered in isolation and specific in their meaning by reference to their linguistic context. SNs contribute to cohesion and evaluation in discourse. This work offers the first book-length study of the SN phenomenon to treat the functional and discourse features of the category as primary. Using a balanced corpus of authentic data, the book explores the lexicogrammatical and discourse features of SNs in academic journal articles, textbooks, and lectures across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. The book will be essential reading for researchers and advanced students of semantics, syntax, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, in addition to scholars and teachers in the field of English for academic purposes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316123340
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Signalling nouns (SNs) are abstract nouns like 'fact', 'idea', 'problem' and 'result', which are non-specific in their meaning when considered in isolation and specific in their meaning by reference to their linguistic context. SNs contribute to cohesion and evaluation in discourse. This work offers the first book-length study of the SN phenomenon to treat the functional and discourse features of the category as primary. Using a balanced corpus of authentic data, the book explores the lexicogrammatical and discourse features of SNs in academic journal articles, textbooks, and lectures across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. The book will be essential reading for researchers and advanced students of semantics, syntax, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, in addition to scholars and teachers in the field of English for academic purposes.
The Words of Mathematics
Author: Steven Schwartzman
Publisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883855119
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explains the origins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English.
Publisher: MAA
ISBN: 9780883855119
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explains the origins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English.
A Text-book of Arithmetic for the Use of Higher Class Schools
Author: Sir Thomas Muir
Publisher:
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Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
How to Translate - English Translation Guide in European Union
Author: Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329080033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329080033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
InfoWorld
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.