Form and Meaning: Studies of Grammatical Variation and Communicative Choice in S

Description: Form and Meaning: Studies of Grammatical Variation and Communicative Choice in Spanish by Gerd Wotjak, José Juan Batista Rodríguez, Dolores García Padrón, María José Serrano, Miguel Á. Aijón Oliva This book is a collection of studies dealing with phenomena of grammatical variation in Spanish, including verbal tense and mood, syntactic ordering, and the use of defocusing constructions. They all approach variation and choice as grounded on the functional and cognitive bases of grammar, pursuing meaning as the path to scientific explanation. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book presents a state-of-the-art study of variation that considers meaning—in all its possible facets—as the key to scientific explanation. It brings together a group of international scholars whose work pursues the systematic integration of meaning and function in models of grammatical usage. After a foreword by the world-leading specialist Nikolas Coupland and a theoretical introduction by editors Miguel A. Aijón Oliva and María José Serrano, the seven empirical chapters focus on morphosyntactic phenomena in different varieties of Spanish, analyzing a wide range of discourse types and communicative domains, from sociolinguistic interviews to mass media and social network interactions. These studies offer a basis for the study of variation from similar viewpoints in other languages. Author Biography María José Serrano is a Full Professor of Linguistics at the Universidad de La Laguna (Spain). Her main areas of expertise include morphosyntactic variation from a discursive-pragmatic and cognitive approach, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. Miguel A. Aijón Oliva is a Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain). His research activity focuses on variation in grammar from functional and sociopragmatic viewpoints, particularly in mass media and digital environments. Table of Contents Nikolas Coupland: Foreword – Miguel A. Aijón Oliva/María José Serrano: Introduction: Variation, choice, and the construction of meaning – Antonio Fábregas: Variation, syntax, and semantics: Person features and the non- specific reading of participants – María José Serrano: Variation of the independent infinitive and the desubjectivizing viewpoint of discourse – Miguel A. Aijón Oliva: Defocusing constructions, viewpoint, and reference: The shaping of public institutions vs. citizens in digital opinion pieces – Benjamin Mielenz: Variation in hypothetical conditional structures in the Spanish of Astorga – Dania Ramos Martín: Subject position in Hispanic yes/ no interrogatives: A description according to utterance pragmatic function and geographical variation in a corpus of written speech – Francisco Javier García Yanes: A semantic approach to mood variation: Habitual and factual clauses introduced by después (de) que – Dunia Catalina Méndez Vallejo: Understanding the Focalizing Ser structure: Going beyond syntax. Details ISBN3631900996 Author Miguel Á. Aijón Oliva Pages 290 Publisher Peter Lang AG Edition Description New edition Series Studien Zur Romanischen Sprachwissenschaft Und Interkulturellen Kommunikation Year 2024 ISBN-13 9783631900994 Format Hardcover Imprint Peter Lang AG Place of Publication Bern Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Miguel Á. Aijón Oliva Series Number 193 Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 3631900996 Publication Date 2024-05-31 UK Release Date 2024-05-31 Illustrations 47 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160396411;

Price: 77.64 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2024-12-27T01:35:36.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.68 AUD