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Chapter 4. The textual functions of lexis

Abstract

This chapter reviews studies which show how lexis contributes to textual organisation. It concludes that there are many interesting case studies, but that some hypotheses could be formulated more explicitly, and that findings could be better integrated into a functional theory of lexis. As a short illustration of the detailed descriptive work which is still required, it provides a case study of the textual functions of one lemma (ALLEVIATE).

Abstract

This chapter reviews studies which show how lexis contributes to textual organisation. It concludes that there are many interesting case studies, but that some hypotheses could be formulated more explicitly, and that findings could be better integrated into a functional theory of lexis. As a short illustration of the detailed descriptive work which is still required, it provides a case study of the textual functions of one lemma (ALLEVIATE).

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. List of Contributors ix
  5. Editors’ foreword xv
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Chapter 1. Pattern grammar and transitivity analysis 21
  8. Chapter 2. Using COBUILD grammar patterns for a large-scale analysis of verb-argument constructions 43
  9. Chapter 3. “Hugh’s across all that” 73
  10. Chapter 4. The textual functions of lexis 97
  11. Chapter 5. Examining associations between lexis and textual position in hard news stories, or according to a study by… 117
  12. Chapter 6. I mean I only really wanted to dry me towels because … 145
  13. Chapter 7. Probably most important of all 161
  14. Chapter 8. Chatting in the academy 183
  15. Chapter 9. General extenders in learner language 211
  16. Chapter 10. Language description and language learning 235
  17. Chapter 11. “What we contrarians already know” 257
  18. Chapter 12. Does Britain need any more foreign doctors? Inter-analyst consistency and corpus-assisted (critical) discourse analysis 283
  19. Publications by Susan Hunston 301
  20. Author Index 305
  21. Subject Index 309
Corpora, Grammar and Discourse
This chapter is in the book Corpora, Grammar and Discourse
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.73.05stu

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. List of Contributors ix
  5. Editors’ foreword xv
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Chapter 1. Pattern grammar and transitivity analysis 21
  8. Chapter 2. Using COBUILD grammar patterns for a large-scale analysis of verb-argument constructions 43
  9. Chapter 3. “Hugh’s across all that” 73
  10. Chapter 4. The textual functions of lexis 97
  11. Chapter 5. Examining associations between lexis and textual position in hard news stories, or according to a study by… 117
  12. Chapter 6. I mean I only really wanted to dry me towels because … 145
  13. Chapter 7. Probably most important of all 161
  14. Chapter 8. Chatting in the academy 183
  15. Chapter 9. General extenders in learner language 211
  16. Chapter 10. Language description and language learning 235
  17. Chapter 11. “What we contrarians already know” 257
  18. Chapter 12. Does Britain need any more foreign doctors? Inter-analyst consistency and corpus-assisted (critical) discourse analysis 283
  19. Publications by Susan Hunston 301
  20. Author Index 305
  21. Subject Index 309
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