This book takes the following question as its starting point: What are some of the crucial things the reader must do in order to make sense of a literary narrative? The book is a study of the texture of narrative fiction, using stylistics, corpus linguistic principles (especially Hoey’s work on lexical patterning), narratological ideas, and cognitive stylistic work by Werth, Emmott, and others. Michael Toolan explores the textual/grammatical nature of fictional narratives, critically re-examining foundational ideas about the role of lexical patterning in narrative texts, and also engages the cognitive or psychological processes at play in literary reading.
A book is addressed to students preparing for Polish Matura Exam on extended level. The book contains all kinds of grammar and lexical exercises found in the exam grouped thematically as well as information about the exam and full key.
A methodology guide for teachers of upper elementary schools. The booklet investigates into such fields as: exam analysis, knowledge of junior high learners, practical skills required for the final test, and learners' motivation. Additional lexical exercises included.
The papers collected in this volume concern five different aspects of the role of the lexicon in the theory of Functional Grammar such as developed by Simon C. Dik and his co-workers. The volume starts off with an eminently practical section on the Functional-Lexematic Model, a lexicological and lexicographical system which has largely been inspired by Dik’s principle of stepwise lexical decomposition. In addition to a theoretical introduction to the model, applications to English, German and Spanish are presented.
English Adjectives of Comparison - Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses
English Adjectives of Comparison
Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses
The book is of interest to linguistic researchers and graduate students in linguistics who focus their attention on grammaticalization and subjectification, the functional description of adjectives, questions of deixis and theoretical issues relating to nominal reference.
