Book Details
Title: Pattern Grammar. A corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English
Authors: Susan Hunston & Gill Francis
Series: Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 4
Publisher: John Benjamins, Amsterdam; January 2000
Level: Specialized Monograph
Fields: Computational linguistics / Corpus linguistics - Syntax
Keywords: lexical grammar, English, phraseology, pattern grammar
ISBN: 155619398X, English, Hardcover, 285 pages
Publisher's Abstract:
This book describes an approach to lexis and grammar based on the concept of phraseology and of language patterning arising from work on large corpora. The notion of 'pattern' as a systematic way of dealing with the interface between lexis and grammar was used in Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (1995) and in the two books in the Collins Cobuild Grammar Patterns series (1996; 1998). This volume describes the research that led to these publications, and explores the theoretical and practical implications of the research. The first chapter sets the work in the context of work on phraseology. The next two chapters give several examples of patterns and how they are identified. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss and exemplify the association of pattern and meaning. Chapters 6, 7 and 8 relate the concept of pattern to traditional approaches to grammar and to discourse. Chapter 9 summarizes the book and adds to the theoretical discussion, as well as indicating the applications of this approach to language teaching. The volume is intended to contribute to the current debate concerning how corpora challenge existing linguistic theories, and as such will be of interest to researchers in the fields of grammar, lexis, discourse and corpus linguistics. It is written in an accessible style, however, and will be equally suitable for students taking courses in those areas.
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Hunston, Susan & Gill Francis. 2000. Pattern Grammar. A corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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