Evidential verbs in the genre of medical posters: A corpus-based analysis (Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication, 291) (PDF )

By Stefania Maci, Maurizio Gotti
This volume aims to provide information aboutand interpretations of the concept of evidentialitylexically realized with certain verbs andapplied to the genre of medical posters. Morespecifically, issues relating to how knowledgeis conveyed through language will be discussedand how evidence for such knowledge is linguisticallytransmitted in a set of specialised texts.This study uses some of the possibilities offeredby electronic corpora in conjunction with concordancetools, which allow quantitative analysis.Thanks to this quantitative analysis, followedby a qualitative interpretation of thefindings, we could detect the pragmatic functionthese evidential items have in contextual use,allowing us to see that evidentiality in medicaldiscourse is intended in a slightly different wayfrom general discourse.

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften; 1st edition (June 28, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 498 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3034345216
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3034345217