Corpora, grammar, text and discourse : in honour of Susan Hunston / edited by Nicholas Groom, University of Birmingham ; Maggie Charles, Oxford University ; Suganthi, John, University of Birmingham.

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Corpora, Grammar and Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Editors' foreword; Corpora, grammar, and discourse analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. A note on terminology; 3. Corpora and grammar; 4. Corpora and discourse analysis; 5. Erasing the boundaries; 6. Challenges ahead; References; 1. Pattern grammar and transitivity analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Semantic and lexicogrammatical strata; 2.1 Stratal blurring in transitivity; 3. Identifying key lexicogrammatical features of transitivity; 3.1 Demonstrating the approach

4. ConclusionReferences; 2. Using COBUILD grammar patterns for a large-scale analysis of verb-argument constructions; 1. Introduction: Analysing verb-argument constructions (VACs) at scale; 2. From COBUILD patterns to corpus VACs; 2.1 Defining search graphs from COBUILD descriptions; 2.2 Checking precision and recall of VAC searches; 2.3 Refining the search graphs; 2.4 Balancing precision and recall against fidelity to COBUILD definitions; 3. Initial results: VACs in a corpus; 3.1 A frequency-ranked type-token VAC profile; 3.2 Determining the contingency between verbs and VACs

3.3 Identifying the meaning of verb types occupying the constructions and constructing a semantic graph/network4. VACs in the mind: Native speaker and learner evidence; 4.1 Native speaker and learner verb preferences vs. corpus findings; 4.2 Learner vs. native speaker verb preferences; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3. "Hugh's across all that"; 1. Introduction; 2. Some developing uses of spoken preposition patterns; 2.1 "Hugh's across all that": The pattern BE across n; 2.2 "Sounds like you're all over it": The pattern BE all over n; 2.3 "I'm on it": The pattern BE on it

3. "Issues around the problem": The pattern N around n3.1 The pattern N around n in dictionaries and grammars; 3.2 Evidence for the pattern N around n in the BNC; 3.3 N around n in ukWaC: A rapidly evolving pattern; 3.4 The meanings of the N elements in N around n; 3.5 Phraseology and semantic sequences; 3.5.1 Within the pattern (1): Collocations to the right of around; 3.5.2 Within the pattern (2): Coordination; 3.5.3 Semantic sequences: The wider context of 'issues around n'; 3.6 Text types; 3.7 A note on frequency; 4. Some developing uses of complex prepositions

4.1 Using 'spatial' prepositions to sequence events: Ahead of4.2 A cautionary tale: Ahead of and the invasion of Iraq; 4.3 Is 'before' really an endangered species?; 4.4 Further complex prepositions with 'new' temporal meanings; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4. The textual functions of lexis; 1. Introduction; 2. Data, software and conventions; 3. Word distribution and text structure; 4. Word classes and text structure; 5. Collocations and text structure; 6. Lexicogrammatical constructions and text structure; 7. A functional theory of lexis

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