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Nominal versus Clausal Complexity in Spoken and Written English - Theory and Description

Inglese · Tascabile

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Halliday has claimed that neither spoken nor written language is more complex than the other per se, but that the two mediums show different degrees of complexity on different levels. He argues that written language uses more lexical items within the clause whereas spoken language uses more clauses within the clause complex. Thus, written language should use more complex noun phrases and spoken language should use more complex clause complexes. The aim of the study was to conduct a corpus-based study to analyse spoken and written language samples with regard to differences in complexity on the level of noun phrases and clause complexes. With the help of this study it was possible to refute Halliday's thesis as the data show that both noun phrases and clause complexes are more complex in the language samples under scrutiny.

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Contents: Spoken and written English - The structure of the noun phrase and the clause complex - Complexity in language - Pattern grammar and complexity - Corpus data - Complexity within nominal groups - Complexity within clause complexes - The use of patterns in spoken and written English.

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The Author: Uta Katharina Elisabeth Schäpers studied German and English at the University of Bonn from 1997 to 2008, but she became especially interested in English Corpus Linguistics. She has published an article on conditional sentences in learner grammars and linguistic reality.

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Autori Uta Schäpers, Uta Katharina Elisabeth Schäpers
Editore Peter Lang
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 30.04.2016
 
EAN 9783631585689
ISBN 978-3-631-58568-9
Pagine 169
Dimensioni 148 mm x 9 mm x 210 mm
Peso 240 g
Serie English Corpus Linguistics
English Corpus Linguistics
Categoria Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata

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