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Semantic Prosody : A Critical Evaluation

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Semantic Prosody is the first full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. For example, it has been claimed that the adverb 'utterly' is characterised by an unfavourable semantic prosody on account of its habitual co-occurrence with words denoting unfavourable states of affairs such as 'ridiculous', 'disgraceful' and 'miserable'. Primarily for this reason, semantic prosody has emerged almost exclusively within the field of corpus linguistics. However, the overall picture is complex, and this book offers a much-needed review of how semantic prosody has been described and approached in contributions on the subject, as well as a critical analysis of those contributions and a number of case studies. It discusses the relevance of the theory of priming in this area, and whether semantic prosody has cogency as a theoretical concept. Lastly, it points the way for future research.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780415850544
  • ISBN-10: 0415850541
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: May 2013
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.41 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
  • Page Count: 192

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